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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,968 1990s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 58m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
300 audience votes
Key crew
- Pascal BonitzerScreenplay
- Jacques RivetteScreenplay
- Jacques RivetteDirector
- Christine LaurentScreenplay
Cast
- Michel PiccoliEdouard Frenhofer
- Emmanuelle BéartMarianne
- Jane BirkinLiz
- Marianne DenicourtJulienne
- David BurszteinNicolas
- Gilles ArbonaPorbus
- Marie BellucMagali
- Marie-Claude RogerFrançoise
- Leïla RemiliLa servante
- Daphne GoodfellowUne touriste
- Susan RobertsonUne touriste
- Bernard DufourLa main du peintre
Stills
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Themes
countrysideprovenceeroticismpaintingartworkcountry estatepainterdrawing and paintingman woman relationshiptaxidermist
The Best Movies of 1991
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