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.
Directed by: Jacques Rivette
Written by: Pascal Bonitzer, Jacques Rivette, Honoré de Balzac, Christine Laurent
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona, Marie Belluc, Marie-Claude Roger, Leïla Remili, Daphne Goodfellow
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991-09-04
Runtime: 238 minutes
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