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.

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Cast

Michel Piccoli

Edouard Frenhofer

Emmanuelle Béart

Marianne

Jane Birkin

Liz

Marianne Denicourt

Julienne

David Bursztein

Nicolas

Gilles Arbona

Porbus