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Overview

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Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Joseph Kessel (novel)
Luis Buñuel (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:

10 April 1968 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

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

NewsDesk:
(6 articles)

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

Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 7/14/2009
 (From Fangoria. 12 July 2009, 10:44 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

The gap between fantasy and reality in female desire… more (84 total)


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Additional Details

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

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

Spanish | French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


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Trivia:

According to Luis Buñuel scholar Julie Jones, Buñuel once said that he himself didn't know what the end exactly means. more

Goofs:

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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Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more


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The gap between fantasy and reality in female desire…, 25 May 2008
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Deneuve plays Séverine Serizy, a bored middle-class woman who never slept with her handsome husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). She eventually adopts a double life on weekday afternoons as a hooker… Here she explores the depths of her desires with her amazing sexual inhibitions… Although the film resolves around her goings-on at a high-class brothel, real nudity and sex are never shown…

"Belle de Jour" may seem one of the most mysterious, poetic, and provoking films ever made… Producing a body of work unparalleled in its wealth of meaning and its ability to surprise and shock, Buñuel leads us into a new world arousing wonder and astonishment, depravity and pleasure, weird and entertaining…

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