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Belle de jour
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Director:
Writers:
Joseph Kessel (novel)
Luis Buñuel (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
10 April 1968 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
Plot:
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins more
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(7 articles)
Belle de Jour, you're nothing like her
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 26 November 2009, 5:22 AM, PST)

Can Sexual Provocation Still Sell?
 (From IFC. 28 October 2009, 6:15 AM, PDT)

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One of Bunuel's more well-known works; an interesting morality story with Deneuve more (83 total)

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Also Known As:
Beauty of the Day (International: English title) (literal title)
Bella di giorno (Italy)
Belle de Jour (USA)
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Runtime:
101 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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In the rape scene, her dress was fitted with Velcro to give off a tearing sound as it was ripped away. more
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Continuity: When Pierre and Severine kiss goodnight the position of the pillow behind her neck changes. more
Quotes:
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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Featured in Uliisses (1982) more

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One of Bunuel's more well-known works; an interesting morality story with Deneuve, 19 December 2003
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Author: MisterWhiplash from United States

Luis Bunuel, notorious for his use of simple, striking, yet un-cannily affecting surrealism in movies, keeps it down to a lower (yet still imaginative) key for Belle Du Jour. This works though because un-like a film like Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie where surrealism was like another character amidst the other character's dreams and nightmares, this one only keeps in surrealism for the sake of the lead character's inner demons poking up through the every-day malaise. This lead, Severine, is played in one of Catherine Deneuve's key career performances, that finds that two-sided-ness she feels while married to her husband Pierre. She loves him, but there's something that she's not getting out of the marriage that's leaving her empty, aimless, and her fantasies- however in the realm of (dark) fantasy- go to show she needs to do something during the day. She then finds out about a high-class brothel with only a couple of workers already employed. At first reluctant, she gives in to her temptations, serving the odder types of Paris looking for a good time, with one of them, Marcel (Pierre Clementi) falling head over heels for her.

What seemed most intriguing about the film was how Bunuel dealt with the themes- the two crucial ones being morality and sexuality. His imagery is direct, maybe too direct, but it gets its points across with a realism that is alluring and far & away (almost like a satire of such a life). She can't stop what she's started, and she doesn't really know how to end it unless she gets caught. Then with the sexuality, it's never over-emphasized (i.e. no nudity, outside of a quick couple of shots of nudity), and no one is shown having sex on screen. What comes out is the emotional tally of Severine, the other girls, and the supporting characters that come in and out of the brothel. It may seem dated at moments, and the observatory notes go to making the film seem a tad longer than it is. But never-the-less, Belle de Jour is a worthwhile, memorable effort of the 1960's cinema. And, at times, it's quite funny.

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