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The Quince Tree Sun
Why this pick
Like Rivette’s film, it patiently observes an artist at work, making duration, weather, concentration and tiny adjustments feel like the drama.
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MOVIE1991 3h 58m FRA
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Why this pick
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Why this pick
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A Bigger Splash
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A reclusive famous painter, Frenhofer (Piccoli), lives quietly with his wife and former model (Birkin) in a rambling château in rural Languedoc-Roussillon. When a young artist visits him with his girlfriend, Marianne (Béart), Frenhofer is inspired to commence work once more on a painting he long ago abandoned—''La Belle Noiseuse''—using Marianne as his model. The film painstakingly explores Frenhofer's creative rebirth. It uses lengthy real-time takes of the artist's hand (provided by Bernard Dufour) working on paper and canvas.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Michel Piccoli
Edouard Frenhofer
Jane Birkin
Liz
Emmanuelle Béart
Marianne
Marianne Denicourt
Julienne
David Bursztein
Nicolas
Gilles Arbona
Porbus