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.
DirectorJacques Rivette
WritersPascal Bonitzer, Jacques Rivette, Honoré de Balzac, Christine Laurent
