La belle noiseuse (1991) The Beautiful Troublemaker
La belle noiseuse (1991)
DVDRip | MKV | 702x478 | x264 @ 1697 Kbps | 3h 48mn | 3,08 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Drama, Erotic
DVDRip | MKV | 702x478 | x264 @ 1697 Kbps | 3h 48mn | 3,08 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Drama, Erotic
Director: Jacques Rivette
Writers: Pascal Bonitzer (scenario), Christine Laurent (scenario)
Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start working again on a painting called 'La Belle Noiseuse', which he gave up a long time ago. And he wants Marianne as a model. The ensuing creative process will change the characters' lives. It will become a struggle for truth and meaning, and the question about the limits of art will arise.
IMDB - 5 wins
… "La Belle Noiseuse" is not a film for everybody, and especially not for those seeking an entertaining weekend diversion. As with many great paintings, and films, viewers have to give up their resistance and relax into what the artist is showing them, which is never simply about the surface of a thing or person or situation. The artist who is truly plugged-in to the currents of life often winds up showing us things we don't understand, or more often, what we don't want to know, because he or she has the patience to look beyond the surface, and to ignore the chatter of polite society. As a result, many artists like Frenhofer are frustrating people to know, because what they do ultimately upsets the comfortable illusions of the world around them, themselves included.
Thus the title, which is generally translated as "the beautiful troublemaker," may not only refer to Marianne, but to Frenhofer as well. The ultimate object of a work of art is to help us see in a new way, whether the perspective is disturbing, or revealing of an aspect of beauty we never previously considered. By any estimate, "La Belle Noiseuse" fulfills these aims many times over.
Michel Piccoli gives one of his very best performances as the self-absorbed, obsessed Frenhofer, and Emmanuel Beart is given the rare opportunity to transcend her mere physical beauty and give us several glimpses into the psyche that Frenhofer is trying to capture on canvas.
A one-of-a-kind film, beautifully photographed and edited.
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La belle noiseuse (1991) The Beautiful Troublemaker
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