La Belle Noiseuse (1991)


La Belle Noiseuse
Release Date01 May 1991
GenreDrama
CountryFrance
Switzerland
Filming LocationsAssas, Hérault, France
LanguageFrench, English
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Drama, Psychological Drama
MoodOnly Human
ThemesLife in the Arts, Starting Over
TonesDeliberate, Meditative, Reflective, Stylized, Understated, Intimate
TagsArtist, Conflict, Creative Block, Creativity, Masterpiece, Model, Painting, Process [procedure], Romance

La Belle Noiseuse is a 1991 film directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, and Emmanuelle Béart. Its title means "The Beautiful Troublemaker". The film is loosely adapted from the short story "The Unknown Masterpiece" by the nineteenth-century French writer Honoré de Balzac.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Edouard Frenhofer

David Bursztein
Nicolas

Gilles Arbona
Porbus

Marie Belluc
Magali

Marie-Claude Roger
Françoise

Leïla Remili
La servante

Daphne Goodfellow
Deux touristes

Susan Robertson
Deux touristes

Bernard Dufour
La main du peintre

Director

Jacques Rivette
-

Writer

Christine Laurent
,

Jacques Rivette

Honoré de Balzac

Pascal Bonitzer
,

Producer

Martine Marignac
producer

Maurice Tinchant
associate producer

Cinematographer

William Lubtchansky
-

Editor

Nicole Lubtchansky
-

Production Designer

Emmanuel de Chauvigny
-

Costume Designer

Laurence Struz
-

Makeup Department

Susan Robertson
makeup artist

Production Manager

Olivier Guespin
assistant unit manager

Catherine Martin
assistant unit manager

Clément Sentilhes
assistant unit manager

Janou Shammas
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Anne Billiotte
second assistant director

Lorraine Groleau
first assistant director

Art Department

Denis Busson
assistant art director

Thomas Pitre
assistant art director

Valérie Segond
assistant art director

Jean-Michel Simonet
assistant art director

Sound Department

Florian Eidenbenz
sound

Brice Leboucq
sound assistant

Bernard Le Roux
sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

Barry Davis
electrician

Laurent Duquesnoy
grip

Thierry Fonteny
grip

Philippe Gibier
electrician

Jim Howe
electrician

Moune Jamet
still photographer

Jean-Bernard Josko
grip

Laetitia Masson
assistant camera

Christophe Pollock
assistant camera

Stéphane Thiry
electrician

Editorial Department

Anne Mills
assistant editor

Music Department

Pierre Monteux
conductor: "Petrouchka"

Hans Rosbaud
conductor: "Agon"

Other Crew

Danièle Gain
press agent

Odile Huhardeux
production secretary

Sylvie Magnac
production secretary

Lydie Mahias
script

Jean Talvat
production administrator

Production Company

Pierre Grise Productions

George Reinhart Productions

FR3 Films Production

Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Canal+

Investimage 2

Investimage 3

Région Languedoc-Roussillon

Distributor

Pierre Grise Distribution

Arte Vidéo
,

Artificial Eye
,

Golem Distribución

MK2 Diffusion

Prodimag

Total Film Home Entertainment

Miscellaneous

Agfa Gevaert
sound film stock

Agnès B.
clothes

Auditel
negative cutting

Caméras Système Moviecam
camera equipment

D.C. Audiovisuel
sound re-recording

Euro-Titres
titles

Key Grip System
grip equipment

Les Auditoriums de Joinville
sound post-production

Manu Décors
design studio

Multivolts
lighting

Orchestre National de la RTF
orchestra: "Petrouchka"

S.G.A.C. Bellan
insurance

Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks
orchestra: "Agon"






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