La Belle Noiseuse

(1991)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 298 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1991

Runtime: 238 мин

Country: France, Switzerland

Director: Jacques Rivette

Cast: Мишель Пикколи, Эммануэль Беар, Джейн Биркин, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Жиль Арбона, Marie Belluc, Marie-Claude Roger, Leïla Remili, Daphne Goodfellow

Plot

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.

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start working again on a painting called 'La Belle Noiseuse', which he gave up a long time ago. And he wants Marianne as a model. The ensuing creative process will change the characters' lives. It will become a struggle for truth and meaning, and the question about the limits of art will arise.