La Belle Noiseuse

Sep 4, 1991

3h 58m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pierre Grise Productions

George Reinhart Productions

FR3 Films Production

CNC

Canal+

La Belle Noiseuse Trailers

Cast

Edouard Frenhofer

Michel Piccoli

Marianne

Emmanuelle Béart

Liz

Jane Birkin

Julienne

Marianne Denicourt

Nicolas

David Bursztein

Porbus

Gilles Arbona

Magali

Marie Belluc

Françoise

Marie-Claude Roger

La servante

Leïla Remili

Une touriste

Daphne Goodfellow

Une touriste

Susan Robertson

La main du peintre

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