The Beautiful Troublemaker

In order to extract the truth from reality through painting, it’s necessary to contort the mind, soul and in particular the body, until they crumble and are reformed (anew) on the canvas. Rivette makes this process cinematically evident by enacting his masterful control of pacing, vivid depiction of the characters’ interpersonal relationship and refusal to reduce the painter-model pairing to an erotic or sensual dyad (rather, Marianne’s and Édouard’s encounter is simply corporeal in nature).

its 4 hours long and incredibly slow paced. on the other hand emmanuelle beart is naked half the time, so its kino.