La Belle Noiseuse

1991 · Directed by 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.

Cast: Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin, Marianne Denicourt, Michel Piccoli, Leïla Remili, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona, Bernard Dufour, Marie-Claude Roger, Marie Belluc

Rating: 7.356/10 from 181 votes