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.
Jacques Rivette
Director

Michel Piccoli
Edouard Frenhofer

Emmanuelle Béart
Marianne

Jane Birkin
Liz

Marianne Denicourt
Julienne

David Bursztein
Nicolas

Gilles Arbona
Porbus
Marie Belluc
Magali
Marie-Claude Roger
Françoise
Leïla Remili
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