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.
Pascal Bonitzer | Screenplay |
Pascal Bonitzer | Dialogue |
Jacques Rivette | Screenplay |
Honoré de Balzac | Novel |
Martine Marignac | Producer |
William Lubtchansky | Director of Photography |
Nicole Lubtchansky | Editor |
Jacques Rivette | Director |
Emmanuel de Chauvigny | Production Design |
Laurence Struz | Costume Design |