The Beautiful Troublemaker

The Beautiful Troublemaker

Director: Jacques Rivette Cast: Michel Piccoli
Michel Piccoli
, Emmanuelle Béart
Emmanuelle Béart
, Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
, David Bursztein
David Bursztein
Jacques Rivette
The Beautiful Troublemaker

The Beautiful Troublemaker

Director: Jacques Rivette Cast: Michel Piccoli
Michel Piccoli
, Emmanuelle Béart
Emmanuelle Béart
, Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
, David Bursztein
David Bursztein
Jacques Rivette

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Overview

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 prot?g?, 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 B?art) 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.

Product Details

Release Date: 05/08/2018
UPC: 0741952842996
Original Release: 1991
Rating: NR
Source: Cohen Media Group
Sound: [stereo, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 3:58:00
Sales rank: 17,067

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Michel Piccoli Edouard Frenhofer
Emmanuelle Béart Marianne
Jane Birkin Liz
David Bursztein Nicolas
Marianne Denicourt Julienne
Gilles Arbona Porbus
Marie-Claude Roger Francoise
Bernard Dufour Painter's Hand
Susan Robertson Tourist

Technical Credits
Martine Mariganc Producer
Pascal Bonitzer Screenwriter
Christine Laurent Screenwriter
Jacques Rivette Director,Screenwriter
Pierre Grise Producer
Florian Eidenbenz Sound/Sound Designer
Pierre Grise Productions Producer
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