La Belle Noiseuse

Genres: Drama

Languages: English, French

Year: 1991

Vote: 7.3

Festival & Award: Cannes - Grand Prix

La Belle Noiseuse

The showmakers

Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli
Emmanuelle Béart
Jane Birkin
Marianne Denicourt

Overview

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.

Indie vibes check

A French arthouse film produced outside the mainstream system.

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