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La Belle Noiseuse, dir. Jacques Rivette, France/Switzerland 1991, French with English subtitles, 240 min.
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"nothing to paint, nothing to paint with, and yet nothing left to do but paint."
—Samuel Beckett
A famous but long inactive painter, Edouard Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) has sequestered himself in a country chateau with his wife Liz (Jane Birkin). But following the visit of a young painter and his girlfriend Marianne (Emmanuelle Béart), Frenhofer finds his creative impulse suddenly renewed.
Freely inspired by Balzac's novella Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu and featuring outstanding performances from Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart and Jane Birkin, Rivette's exploration of the artistic process and the at times tempestuous relationship between artist and model is a profoundly moving examination of the creative process and artistic obsession.
—Samuel Beckett
A famous but long inactive painter, Edouard Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) has sequestered himself in a country chateau with his wife Liz (Jane Birkin). But following the visit of a young painter and his girlfriend Marianne (Emmanuelle Béart), Frenhofer finds his creative impulse suddenly renewed.
Freely inspired by Balzac's novella Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu and featuring outstanding performances from Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart and Jane Birkin, Rivette's exploration of the artistic process and the at times tempestuous relationship between artist and model is a profoundly moving examination of the creative process and artistic obsession.
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