The latest film from French New Wave veteran, Jacques Rivette.
It's a most extraordinary four-hour depiction of the artistic process at work, as Michel Piccoli, playing the artist, attempts to create a masterwork abandoned ten years earlier, using as his model the girlfriend of a protege, played extraordinarily by Emmanuelle Beart. Demanding, but exquisite.
La Belle Noiseuse won the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes last year. It's a five-star film. I'm only sorry we haven't time to talk more about it.
David Stratton: Me to, what a shame we can't talk more about that one.
