The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.
Dir. Jacques Rivette · With Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin
Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.
Dir. Jacques Rivette · With Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier
In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
Dir. Jacques Rivette · With Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle
