In 1991, Jacques Rivette, one of the five generals of the French "New Wave", directed "Beautiful Beauty" with a duration of 240 minutes. The film creates a hidden dramatic conflict between painters, models, and paintings, which is endlessly enjoyable.
Based on a novella by Balzac, the film tells the story of the 60-year-old famous painter Fran Hoffey (Michel Piccoli), who received a visit from Emmanuelle Bea as Mariana, He was deeply attracted by this beauty, which inspired his creative desire, and decided to use her as a model, and then took the brush, ignited his creative enthusiasm, continued to write immortal paintings, and saved him, who was on the verge of exhaustion of inspiration.
But Mariana's temperament is quiet, and there is a very slight and needle-like sensitivity hidden in it. It seems very reluctant to cooperate with the painter. The so-called "Unruly Beauty" is exactly this point. Her arrogant personality makes the old painter elated. , again unpredictable.
Outside the studio, the jealousy between the great painter's wife and the beautiful boyfriend is getting more and more intense. Inside the studio, the cooperation between the young beautiful woman and the great painter seems like a duck to water, and the two spaces form a strong contrast.
Emmanuelle Bea starred naked, like a beautiful angel who fell into the mundane world, which can be called the soul of the whole movie. She has an elegant temperament and an inadvertently quiet expression, which seems to be free, but is extremely fresh, vivid and brilliant, which is just in sharp contrast with the old painter played by the decrepit Michel Piccoli.
The funny thing is that the old painter actually took out the unfinished head that he painted for his wife Liz, and then painted Mariana's body. No wonder Liz blamed her husband for painting her butt on her face.
Liz began to suspect that her husband had other plans for Mariana. After all, she herself had become his wife from modeling for Fran Hoffie, and she knew the taste. Husband and wife mix a little mouth, still restrained. The truth is, aside from the necessary nudity, there isn't the manly love that everyone expects.
In the end, the work was finally completed, and the painter did not show it, but quietly buried it in the wall. Although both Mariana and Liz had seen the painting, the seemingly careless Fran Hoffey took out another piece at the public exhibition of his new work.
Undoubtedly, the film focuses on explaining the emotional imprints produced by various people under the conflict between the new relationship and the old relationship, and the grace and charm of the film is also here. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which is an appropriate recognition for such a long film.
The uninhibited soul reflects the light of beauty, and the sense of distance so far away created by the film makes the viewer immerse and naturally participate in it. Therefore, this film still has a strong temptation for the audience for more than 20 years since it was released, which is precisely because of this. Only beauty can make the soul of a capable person truly unruly, and only the light of beauty can make people truly tremble.
2016, 11, 20—2016, 11, 25
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