The Beautiful Troublemaker

The Beautiful Troublemaker

  • Director: Jacques Rivette
  • Writer: Pascal Bonitzer,Christine Laurent,Jacques Rivette
  • Countries of origin: France, Switzerland
  • Language: French, English, Hebrew
  • Release date: September 4, 1991
  • Runtime: 3 hours 58 minutes
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: La Belle Noiseuse
  • The film "The Uninhibited Girl" is adapted from Balzac's novella, directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and others. The film was released in France on September 4, 1991.
    The film tells the immortal masterpiece of a master painter with his wife as a model. As early as ten years ago, he was halfway through. However, a junior brought his girlfriend to visit, but aroused the exhausted inspiration of the 60-year-old master, and decided to use She modeled and took up the paintbrush again. 

    Details

    • Release date September 4, 1991
    • Filming locations Assas, Hérault, France
    • Production companies Pierre Grise Productions, George Reinhart Productions, FR3 Films Production

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $403,056

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $1,887

    Gross worldwide

    $403,056

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jazmyn 2022-12-25 16:46:16

      Unmissable Balzac

      "Unruly Beauty"

      The film sets its sights on audiences right from the start: naked women, as well as painters and models. However, when you look at it, you will find that the naked women are not attractive enough, because they do not conform to the aesthetics of the Chinese people; and more importantly, the painter and the model are innocent from beginning to end. However, I was still fascinated.

      Because the film actually interprets the process of painting by a great...

    • By Kaitlyn 2022-12-25 05:11:02

      "Ne bougez pas"

      All the tension in the studio, that precedes the female models/male painters, the young/aging (of course, the field of vision expands, the whole film can be said to be a male conspiracy to make women a model, the latter trying to regain the creation by taking the initiative in the creative process, The process of making the result of the creation a relic and a secret built into the wall, while the man is still in the drums and treats a study as a masterpiece), first of all the tension...

    • By Theodora 2022-12-24 23:32:42

      headless female body

      Four hours passed and two masterpieces were born. One is the paintings in the movie, the other is the movie itself, they have a common name: unruly beauty.

      It is difficult, or impossible, to articulate this mythical work. The process of painting is long and painful. The painter, the model, and a few rare characters associated with them, who are lovers, lovers, rivals, and friends, have experienced the spiritual purgatory together, and the relationship between them is the...

    • By Linnie 2022-12-24 01:18:38

      Movie Notes

      The pinnacle of Rivett's film aesthetics, a unique viewing experience, the images are like flowing water flowing through the viewer's hollow body, never slumbering or retreating.

      Like Rivett's other works, he creates a pair of distinct but mutually attractive female figures in this film. Liz's aphasia suggests that she no longer has any expectations for life, only ghostly memories linger, presumably the old house in Rivett's films, and has...

    • By Angie 2022-12-18 01:33:22

      what is a movie

      The director insists that the story is the film director's pretext, so the idea is that most of his films are considered verbose because they are too long and lack plot, and I see it that way. Watching too many movies or the theory of film manuals is too strong, so that his films are only a kind of artistic exploration and games, and they are limited to the insiders' discussion, which completely loses the universality of the film, and can only be called in a sense. It's video art. The film...

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    • By Kim 2023-09-15 02:08:45

      8.5/10. ①The wife of the male protagonist once gave the male protagonist a lot of inspiration to make him a famous painter, but now he is exhausted in the face of her. At this time, a beautiful woman appeared to rekindle the male protagonist's passion. He used her as a model to paint, which made his wife very jealous/injured. Most of the film is the process of the male protagonist's painting process inspired by beautiful women. ②The use of silky and beautiful high-level mirror movement/scene...

    • By Roslyn 2023-09-13 08:22:02

      The physical pleasure of watching others paint. Unlike the Mystery of Picasso, which has its beginnings and ends, the paintings (and their affairs) are all in the air and run by time as a walk to a (anti-)climax. Painting as an extremely studio-based medium, space becomes the stage, and finally swallows the painting (A Barrel of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe?). Women who are placed in exchange in power relationships can't stop...

    • By Kamille 2023-08-17 20:18:32

      If I were a student of art majors drawing human bodies, I would have felt more profound. In addition, Emmanuelle Bea is not as beautiful as in "Angel in the World" in this film, and I almost didn't recognize it. A four-hour extended version. It has nothing to do with eroticism at all, it is a serious artistic painting process. The interesting thing is that Emmanuelle was very angry when he finally saw the finished painting after putting N hours of POSE, but the audience outside the camera could...

    • By Abigale 2023-08-14 08:55:59

      Four hour version. The painting part is very awesome, I like it, and it also attracts me. It can be used as a learning material for master painting. But other parts are a bit artificial and boring. It must be tiring to concentrate on watching such a film, right? (I didn't pay attention) The artist's way of flirting is advanced....

    • By Jeff 2023-06-14 13:47:30

      The director insists that the story is the director's pretext, and most of his films are judged to be lengthy, and so do I. Watching too many movies or the theory of film manuals is too strong, so that his films are only a kind of artistic exploration and games, and they are limited to the insiders' discussion, which completely loses the universality of the film, and can only be called in a sense. It's video art. The film uses repeated rhetoric to continuously strengthen the changes in the...

    Movie plot

    Fraunhofer ( Michel Piccoli ) is an old painter, and his wife Liz ( Jane Birkin ) has always been the source and model of his creation, which is also what Liz is proud of. But over the years, Fraunhofer's creative inspiration has gradually dried up, and when he is faced with his wife's portrait, he even feels unable to write. When Mariana ( Emmanuelle Beart ) is introduced to him by a friend, he hasn't picked up a paintbrush for nearly...
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    The film "The Unruly Girl" does not show too much the emotional entanglement of the three, but casts the camera to the scene of the artist's painting, which truly restores an artist's living condition and painting scene, making the film more lofty and far-reaching. conception. (Oriental Net Review) 
    The film tells a thrilling story in an extremely bland and simple way. In a castle that escapes time, the beauty and creation of the...
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