MOVIE · 1991
La bella latosa
Drama238 min
Formerly famous painter Frenhofer has settled into a quiet life in Provence with his wife when a visit from young artist Nicolas and his girlfriend Marianne brings an abandoned work back into view. Michel Piccoli is Frenhofer, who decides to resume La Belle Noiseuse, the painting he left unfinished years earlier, with Marianne as his model. Jane Birkin is the wife watching that decision reshape the household, while Emmanuelle Béart’s Marianne moves from guest to muse as art, intimacy, and power begin to overlap.
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