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La Belle Noiseuse

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A young model (Emmanuelle Béart) replacing his wife (Jane Birkin) inspires a tired painter (Michel Piccoli) to pick up a work he quit 10 years before.

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A sensual and hypnotic masterpiece, La Belle Noiseuse luxuriates in its four-hour run time while holding audience attention.

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Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News 06/14/2018
La Belle Noiseuse will immerse you in a one-of-a-kind portrait of the artistic process. Go to Full Review
Michael Atkinson Village Voice 11/28/2017
In its own way this sensual, granular experience is just as pure and obsessive as Rivette's less hospitable masterpieces, and almost as mysterious. Go to Full Review
Time Out 02/20/2008
It's a lighter film, but by no means slighter, more like the difference between a Henry James short story and an extended performance piece. Go to Full Review
Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 05/02/2018
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This is a movie about the making of a masterpiece which is itself a masterpiece, one of the truly great movies about artistic creation. Go to Full Review
Budd Wilkins Film Journal International 11/27/2017
Jacques Rivette's magisterial portrait of the creative process lays bare an artist's conflicted responsibilities toward life and art. Go to Full Review
Andy Crump The Playlist 11/23/2017
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Long takes, slow zooms, and deep focus give 'La Belle Noiseuse' a sense of disciplined stillness, all the better to record the meticulous efforts of its two chief subjects as they make art out of life. Go to Full Review
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Alain E @AlainE Oct 29 Acting and cinematography are first class. The length of the movie is totally unjustified. Yes, it takes time to make a painting. Similarly to write a book or make a sculpture. By these metrics, a movie about Rodin would have a duration of thirty days. Much better movies have an approval rate of 70 or 80 percent as opposed to one hundred here. Unless the critics want to show us that they totally get a “difficult “ movie by a famous director. Nice restoration on the Cohen channel. See more Kate H May 24 The acting & casting is perfect. I love long, lingering movies. I am an artist & a poet. AND a fan of all of the literary works cited as inspiration--James, Balzac, Wilde--so Why didn't this do it for me? yes--a deep look at the model/artist relationship--down to the smallest details --the scene where F. arranges his pens, clears the space off surfaces, while Marianne waits -- as if she doesn't exist--is brilliant--but like many of the scene (sorry) just goes on too long. I HATED the sound of that scratching pen! I wanted him to be working in oils :) I am someone who enjoyed "Giovanni Fabulouso" -- which my partner at Venice film Festival thought was as riveting as paint drying-- but there the film-maker captured the still ness in the creative process-- the daydreaming that is the gestation--without boring us to tears. or me anyway. All I can think is that Beart's flawless beauty mesmerized all those male critics. Worth sitting through the other 3 hours for an hours worth of her nudity--. I did love watching Birkin--& seeing the traces of her daughter Charlotte in her-- See more Courtney K @c0urtn3y 11/11/2024 HOW does this have any good reviews? this movie had absolutely no business being 4 hours long & that old man had absolutely no need for a model; I could've made chicken scratch like that with my eyes closed. See more Nawt W 12/24/2023 One-dimensional portrayal of jealousy expressed by supposed adults with a mental capacity of kindergarten inhabitants, whose entire years-long relationships ostensibly crumble at a foundation in a span of hours because, my dears, art is a window into the soul, and to capture that window we need sacrifices. See more 07/24/2023 For a rainy Sunday morning. Would have been a more fulfilling, effective, and honest film if you got to actually see the final painting, but alas, that reveal never comes. See more Tic Toc M 05/22/2023 This movie is not for everybody. If you're not an artist, or interested in the artist's process, I wouldn't touch this movie with a ten foot pole. If you are an artist, you may (or may not) like this. It is four hours.......and this movie is basically about a guy trying to make a painting. Stroke by excruciating stroke. His model (Emmanuelle Beart) spends much of the movie bored out of her mind as he works, and you might be as well. That said: I watched the entire four hour movie in one sitting, which is pretty shocking for me. Days later, it's still in my mind. Excellent acting. Beart's performance is particularly impeccable. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A young model (Emmanuelle Béart) replacing his wife (Jane Birkin) inspires a tired painter (Michel Piccoli) to pick up a work he quit 10 years before.
Director
Jacques Rivette
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Nov 24, 2017
Release Date (Streaming)
May 2, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.2K
Runtime
3h 58m
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