The Beautiful Troublemaker

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Divertimento

Original title: La Belle Noiseuse
Year: 1991
Running time: 238 min.
Country: France
Director: Jacques Rivette
Screenwriter: Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette (Novel: Honoré de Balzac)
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Cinematography: William Lubtchansky
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin, Marianne Denicourt, David Burzstein, Gilles Arbona, Susan Robertson
Producer: FR3 Films Production, Canal+, CNC, George Reinhart Productions, Investimage 2, Investimage 3, Région Languedoc-Roussillon, Pierre Grise Productions
Genre: Drama | Painting. Erotic
Movie Groups: Honoré de Balzac Adaptations
Synopsis / Plot: A renowned painter's ten-year hiatus comes to an end after becoming inspired by a young artist, and in particular the young artist's lover (Beart), who becomes the model for his return to the canvas. It's a slow, methodical exploration into the artistic process and the ensuing obsessions it brings for both artist and model. Rivette's brilliant direction makes this four-hour film a rich and rewarding experience.

Awards: 1991: Cannes: Grand Prize of the Jury

1991: César Awards: 5 Nominations

1991: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film

Critics' reviews

"It is a four-hour movie, but not one second too long, in which the process of art and the process of life come into a fascinating conflict (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"The academically romantic nonsense preached by 'La Belle Noiseuse' (...) is balanced by the on-screen evidence of another requirement: hard work over long hours, plus a certain amount of thought"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Rivette cunningly keeps shifting the film's emphasis so that sometimes we're immersed in the sketch in progress and other times the work itself becomes a mere backdrop to the emotional state of Marianne."

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"It vacillates between genuine insight and didactic mystique-of-the-artist bullshit (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Keith Uhlich: Slant
"Masterpiece (...) Rarely has a film dealt so intimately with the complex relationship between artist and subject"

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"Very long but compelling arthouse study of very French relationships (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

David Parkinson: Empire
"Confronting the issue of creativity with honesty and insight (...) [it] is for the most part hypnotically fascinating."

Geoff Andrew: Time Out

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