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.
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Prestige, contemplative, grave and intimate.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Michel PiccoliEdouard Frenhofer
- Emmanuelle BéartMarianne
- Jane BirkinLiz
- Marianne DenicourtJulienne
- David BurszteinNicolas
- Gilles ArbonaPorbus
- Marie BellucMagali
- Marie-Claude RogerFrançoise
- Leïla RemiliLa servante
- Daphne GoodfellowUne touriste
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- Jacques RivetteDirector
- Pascal BonitzerScreenplay
- Jacques RivetteScreenplay
- Christine LaurentScreenplay
- Honoré de BalzacNovel
- William LubtchanskyDirector of Photography
- Nicole LubtchanskyEditor
- Martine MarignacProducer
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