La Belle Noiseuse
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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Cast
12 people
Michel Piccoli
Edouard Frenhofer
Known for
We Have a Pope
Contempt
Emmanuelle Béart
Marianne
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Torment
Jane Birkin
Liz
Known for
Death on the Nile
Blow-Up
Marianne Denicourt
Julienne
Known for
The Country Doctor
Hippocrates
David Bursztein
Nicolas
Also in
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
Gilles Arbona
Porbus
Known for
Vidocq
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Marie Belluc
Magali
No other roles listed
Marie-Claude Roger
Françoise
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Leïla Remili
La servante
No other roles listed
Daphne Goodfellow
Une touriste
No other roles listed
Susan Robertson
Une touriste
Also in
The Crow Road
Bernard Dufour
La main du peintre
Jacques Rivette Director · Pascal Bonitzer Screenplay Christine Laurent Screenplay
First release May 14, 1991 · Produced in France, Switzerland · Languages English, French
Production
Pierre Grise Productions
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George Reinhart Productions
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FR3 Films Production
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StudioCanal
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Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
France · Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
France · May 14, 1991
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · September 4, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 4, 1991 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
March 10, 1997 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
September 7, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
Germany
January 9, 1992 · Theatrical
Japan
May 23, 1992 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 24, 1996 · TV
Netherlands
February 14, 1992 · Theatrical
Poland
March 1, 2025 · Theatrical · Reset
South Korea
July 9, 1994 · Theatrical
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