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Belle de Jour (1967)
"Belle de jour" (original title)

Approved  |   |  Drama  |  10 April 1968 (USA)
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A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.

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(as Luis Bunuel)

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(novel) (as Joseph Kessel de l'Académie Française) , (adaptation) (as Luis Bunuel) , 1 more credit »
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Jean Sorel ...
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Pierre Clémenti ...
Françoise Fabian ...
Charlotte
Macha Méril ...
Renee
Muni ...
Pallas
Maria Latour ...
Mathilde
Claude Cerval
Michel Charrel ...
Footman
Iska Khan ...
Asian client
Bernard Musson ...
Majordomo
Marcel Charvey ...
Prof. Henri
François Maistre ...
L'ensignant
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Storyline

Severine is a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage. Written by James Meek <james@oz.net>

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Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!

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While the film was shooting, Catherine Deneuve said publicly that she was enjoying making the film. Other than remarking that shooting some of the brothel scenes could be "difficult," she said at the time that she was "in awe" of Luis Buñuel and called him "wonderful to work with; kind, understanding, very sweet, very human." See more »

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When Severine and friend are in the cab, the projected background in the cab does not match the exterior as seen when Severine gets out. See more »

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Madame Anais: I have an idea. Would you like to be called "Belle de Jour"?
Séverine Serizy: Belle de Jour?
Madame Anais: Since you only come in the afternoons.
Séverine Serizy: If you wish.
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Wishing, Wanting And Longing
6 March 2007 | by (Paris, France) – See all my reviews

Sèverine is perfect, she's Catherine Deneuve. She consciously inhabits her subconscious and the comings and goings are tinted with pristine, erotic decadence. Her perfection includes outrage without rage, panic without fear. Having or not having is the question she never asks. Her husband Pierre, the exquisite Jean Sorel, is like one of her garments. There, stunning, understated, reliable, existing without existing. Marcel, in the other hand, the riveting Pierre Clementi, seems determined to provoke. Provoke what? Where is that need creeping from? I love to meander through "Belle de Jour" allowing Luis Bunuel to have his fun. He deserves it. His puzzle is just that, a puzzle and his genius, challenge us to find the non existent pieces. The pieces are ours coming from our own wishes, wantings and longings.


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