La Belle Noiseuse
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli
Jane Birkin
Emmanuelle Béart
Marianne Denicourt
David Bursztein
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A middle-aged painter, encouraged by his young protege, completes a long-abandoned portrait.
Director
Jacques Rivette
Cast
Michel Piccoli
Jane Birkin
Emmanuelle Béart
Marianne Denicourt
David Bursztein
Gilles Arbona
Marie-claude Roger
Bernard Dufour
Crew
Pascal Bonitzer
Jean-charles Canu
Emmanuel De Chauvigny
Honore Debalzac
Emmanuel Dechauvigny
Florian Eidenbenz
Danielle Gain
Pierre Grise
Lorraine Groleau
Moune Jamet
Christine Laurent
Bernard Leroux
Nicole Lubtchansky
William Lubtchansky
Lydie Mahias
Martine Marignac
Martine Marignac
Jacques Rivette
Susan Robertson
Janou Shammas
Igor Stravinsky
Laurence Struz
Jean Talvat
Maurice Tinchant
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Named best foreign film of 1991 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States August 1991
Released in United States Fall October 4, 1991
Released in United States November 8, 1991
Released in United States October 1991
Released in United States on Video March 23, 1994
Released in United States September 1991
Re-released in United States on Video May 30, 1995
Re-released in United States September 17, 1993
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (out of competition) August 7-16, 1991.
Shown at MIFED in Milan October 20-25, 1991.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1991.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 20 - October 6, 1991.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 5-14, 1991.
The Japanese government granted the organizers of the 1991 Tokyo International Film Festival special permission to screen "La Belle Noiseuse," which violates censorship laws by showing frontal nudity and pubic hair.
Film was "freely adapted" from a Balzac novel.
A shortened version of "La Belle Noiseuse" called "Divertimento" was made from outtakes from the longer film.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 20 - October 6, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (The Japanese government granted the organizers of the 1991 Tokyo International Film Festival special permission to screen "La Belle Noiseuse," which violates censorship laws by showing frontal nudity and pubic hair.)
Released in United States on Video March 23, 1994
Re-released in United States on Video May 30, 1995
Released in United States August 1991 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (out of competition) August 7-16, 1991.)
Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 5-14, 1991.)
Re-released in United States September 17, 1993 (under title "Divertimento"; New York City)
Released in United States October 1991 (Shown at MIFED in Milan October 20-25, 1991.)
Released in United States Fall October 4, 1991
Released in United States November 8, 1991 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "Rivettians - The Films of Jacques Rivette" November 15 - December 15, 1996.)
