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La Belle Noiseuse
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Title: La Belle Noiseuse

Release Date: 4 Sep 1991

Runtime: 3h 58m

Genre: Drama

Director: Pierre Grise Productions, George Reinhart Productions, FR3 Films Production, CNC, Canal+

Production Companies: Pierre Grise Productions, George Reinhart Productions, FR3 Films Production, CNC, Canal+

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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Average Vote: 7.3 (250 votes)

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
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