The Beautiful Troublemaker

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start working again on a painting called ‘La Belle Noiseuse’, which he gave up a long time ago. And he wants Marianne as a model. The ensuing creative process will change the characters’ lives. It will become a struggle for truth and meaning, and the question about the limits of art will arise.