La Belle noiseuse ( The Beautiful Troublemaker )

La Belle noiseuse (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Beautiful Troublemaker
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
229 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)
Uncut

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jacques Rivette

Written By:
Jacques Rivette
Pascal Bonitzer
Christine Laurent

Actors:
Michel Piccoli ..... Edouard Frenhofer
Jane Birkin ..... Liz
Emmanuelle Beart ..... Marianne
Marianne Denicourt ..... Julienne
David Bursztein ..... Nicolas
Gilles Arbona ..... Porbus
Marie Belluc ..... Magali
Marie-Claude Roger ..... Françoise
Leïla Remili ..... La servante
Daphne Goodfellow ..... Deux touristes
Susan Robertson ..... Deux touristes
Bernard Dufour ..... La main du peintre

Synopsis:

In this fascinating and unconventional examination of the creative process, an artist near the end of his career finds new inspiration in a young model. Edouard Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) is a famous and well-respected artist who lives in a comfortable estate in the French countryside. At the age of 60, Frenhofer considers his career as a painter to be over; he says he no longer feels any inspiration to create, and his last attempt at a major work, a nude study of his wife Liz (Jane Birkin) called "La Belle Noiseuse" (The Beautiful Nuisance), has sat unfinished for ten years. Just as Frenhofer has lost his enthusiasm for his art, he has also lost his passion for Liz; their relationship is polite and friendly, but without enthusiasm. When Frenhofer tells Nicolas (David Bursztein), his young protégé, that he no longer feels the desire to paint, Nicolas suggests that he needs a more inspiring subject, and he offers his girlfriend Marianne (Emmanuelle Béart) as a model. Frenhofer is taken with Marianne's beauty, and, with Liz's cool approval, he and Marianne spend several arduous sessions together, exchanging ideas and opinions as Frenhofer methodically attempts to create a final masterpiece. While La Belle Noiseuse runs 240 minutes, director Jacques Rivette also prepared an alternate version, La Belle Noiseuse - Divertimento, which runs 120 minutes, features a different framing sequence, and incorporates takes unused in the original cut.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 05 December, 2006.

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