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La belle noiseuse
MEANRANK
80/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Jacques Rivette
- Writers
- Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette, Pascal Bonitzer
- Based on
- a work by Honoré de Balzac
- Released
- 4 September 1991
- Country
- France, Switzerland
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 238 min
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
Full cast (12) →
Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 major award won · 1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1991 | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Winner | |
| 17th César Awards 1992 | Best Actress | Emmanuelle Béart | Nominee |
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×2 awards — La belle noiseuse
×| Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Winner |
| Best Actress | Emmanuelle Béart | Nominee |