La Belle Noiseuse

La Belle Noiseuse

238 mins | Drama | Sept. 4, 1991

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.

La Belle Noiseuse

238 mins | Drama | Sept. 4, 1991

La Belle Noiseuse
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, FR3 Films Production, Pierre Grise Productions, George Reinhart Productions
Original title La Belle Noiseuse
Directors Lorraine Groleau, Anne Billiotte, Jacques Rivette
Writers Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette, Pascal Bonitzer, Honoré de Balzac

Cast

Michel Piccoli

as Edouard Frenhofer

Emmanuelle Béart

as Marianne

Jane Birkin

as Liz

Marianne Denicourt

as Julienne

David Bursztein

as Nicolas

Gilles Arbona

as Porbus

Marie Belluc

as Magali

Marie-Claude Roger

as Françoise

Leïla Remili

as La servante

Daphne Goodfellow

as Une touriste

Susan Robertson

as Une touriste

Bernard Dufour

as La main du peintre