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La Belle Noiseuse

La Belle Noiseuse

1991 · 238 min · FR · 7.3 (292 votes)
Dir. Jacques Rivette · Starring Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona
Drama

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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A languid, sun-drenched exploration of artistic obsession and the complex dynamics between muse and creator. It feels like a slow, deliberate unfurling of desire and creative struggle against a backdrop of rustic beauty.

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