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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Joseph Kessel (novel)
Luis Buñuel (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
10 April 1968 (USA) 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)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Catherine Deneuve | ... | Séverine Serizy / Belle de Jour |
 | Jean Sorel | ... | Pierre Serizy |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Henri Husson |
| Geneviève Page | ... | Madame Anais |
| Pierre Clémenti | ... | Marcel |
| 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 |
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
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-16 (1988) | Finland:K-18 (1968) | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | Ireland:18
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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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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…