

Nicolas, a young Parisian artist, travels with his girlfriend Marianne to a small provincial town to visit Edouard Frenhofer, a famous painter who lives there isolated from the world. Nicolas tries to persuade him to paint his last great painting, “The Beautiful Liar,” with his girlfriend as a model. Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. A film by iconic filmmaker Jacques Rivette (“The Duchess of Langeais”) inspired by a short novel by Honoré de Balzac. Starring the spectacular Michel Piccoli (“Contempt”), Jane Birkin (“The Swimming Pool”) and Emmanuelle Béart (“A Heart in Winter”). A wonderful film about the creative process and the artist's obsessions.
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