(MK2 Diffusion, 1991) A renowned artist (Michel Piccoli) attempted to create his definitive painting of the female form with his wife as his muse. Not finding his voice, he stopped painting altogether. Now, ten years later and at the age of 60, he attempts to finish the art piece with a new muse. Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa named “La belle noiseuse” as one of his two favorite films made in the 1990s, calling it both the best filmed display of a struggle of an artist doing his craft and a cinematic piece he would have liked to direct himself. This rare screening of Jacques Rivette’s four-hour masterpiece will be presented un-cut with an intermission and on 35mm film. The film won the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. It is in French and English with English subtitles. Not rated, but contains adult subject matter. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707- 9994.