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La Belle Noiseuse

1991 · 238 min

A slow, immersive plunge into the creative process, with long silent studio sessions that feel both intimate and quietly tense.

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.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • obsession
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jacques Rivette
Written by
Jacques Rivette, Christine Laurent, Pascal Bonitzer
Starring
Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona, Marie Belluc, Marie-Claude Roger
Cinematography
William Lubtchansky
Runtime
238 min
Country
France, Switzerland
Languages
English, French

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