La Belle Noiseuse is a four-hour French masterpiece directed by Jacques Rivette. Art lovers will find themselves in seventh heaven while watching this film. In a relaxed and psychologically rich way, Rivette explores the creative process, the complicated relationship between the artist and his model, and the varied stages of a painting's life. Michel Piccoli plays the moody painter, Jane Birkin his gifted wife, and Emmanuelle Beart his incomparable model.