La bella scontrosa

The Handmaiden meets The Artist without pretension. Frenhofer restarts a long-abandoned painting with Marianne as model. It delivers 90s French drama.

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Jacques Rivette directed La bella scontrosa in 1991. See Jacques Rivette's full filmography, where to start with Jacques Rivette, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jacques Rivette.

La bella scontrosa was released in 1991 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 238 minutes.