Description |
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD. Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
Cast |
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona, Marie Belluc, Marie-Claude Roger, Leila Remili. |
Credits |
Director of photography, William Lubtchansky ; editor, Nicole Lubtchansky ; original music, Igor Stravinsky ; costume designer, Laurence Struz ; production designer, Emmanuel de Chauvigny. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. |
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Based on the novella "Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu" by Balzac. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
An artist near the end of his career finds new inspiration in a young model. A famous and well-respected artist who lives in a comfortable estate in the French countryside, at the age of 60, considers his career as a painter to be over. He no longer feels inspired to create, and his last attempt at a major work, a nude study of his wife Liza, has sat unfinished for ten years. His protégé suggests a more inspiring subject, who exchanges ideas and opinions, as he methodically attempts to create a final masterpiece. |
Note |
Special features: interview with director Jacques Rivette; interview with co-writers Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent; filmographies; original theatrical trailer. |
Language |
French dialogue, English subtitles. |
Subject |
Painters -- France -- Drama.
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Models (Persons) -- France -- Drama.
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Inspiration in art -- France -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- France.
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Subject |
Motion pictures -- France.
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Added Author |
Marignac, Martine.
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Bonitzer, Pascal.
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Laurent, Christine, 1948-
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Rivette, Jacques, 1928-2016
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Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020
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Birkin, Jane, 1946-
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Béart, Emmanuelle.
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Denicourt, Marianne, 1966-
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Bursztein, David.
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Arbona, Gilles, 1947-
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Belluc, Marie.
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Roger, Marie-Claude.
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Remili, Leila.
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Lubtchansky, William.
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Lubtchansky, Nicole.
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Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
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Struz, Laurence.
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Chauvigny, Emmanuel de.
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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Chef-d'œuvre inconnu.
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Pierre Grise Productions.
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George Reinhart Productions.
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Studio Canal+.
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New Yorker Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Beautiful troublemaker [videorecording] |
ISBN |
1567303536 |
Standard No. |
717119599348 |
Music No. |
DVD59904 |
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