La Belle noiseuse [videorecording] / Pierre Grise Productions, George Reinhart Productions, FR3 Films Production ; director, Jacques Rivette ; script, Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette ; director of production, Martine Marignac.
"NYV 59994." Adapted from Balzac's Le chef d'oeuvre inconnu. In French with enhanced English subtitles. Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. Hi-fi. Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart.
Summary:
Piccoli stars as a famous artist who has suffered painter's block since abandoning his masterpiece, a painting of his wife Liz, entitled L̀a Belle Noiseuse'. Disturbing tensions develop when a young artist and his girlfriend, visiting him in his South of France retreat, inspire him to return to the canvas, using the girl as his new model.
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