

September 4, 1991
3h 58m
FR
Jacques Rivette
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.

Michel Piccoli
Edouard Frenhofer

Emmanuelle Béart
Marianne

Jane Birkin
Liz

Marianne Denicourt
Julienne


Pascal Bonitzer, Honoré de Balzac, Jacques Rivette
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David Bursztein
Nicolas

Gilles Arbona
Porbus

Marie Belluc
Magali

Marie-Claude Roger
Françoise

Leïla Remili
La servante

Daphne Goodfellow
Une touriste
Pierre Grise Productions
FR
George Reinhart Productions
CH
FR3 Films Production
FR