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Belle de Jour (pronounced [bɛl də ʒuʁ]) is a 1967 French surrealist erotic psychological drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli.
This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions.
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Belle de Jour: Directed by Luis Buñuel. With Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page. A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.
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Jul 25, 1999 · It was Luis Bunuel's "Belle de Jour" (1967), the story of a respectable young wife who secretly works in a brothel one or two afternoons a week. Actors sometimes create "back stories" for their characters -- things they know about them that we don't.
When her lovestruck friend Henri (Michel Piccoli) mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais (Genevieve Page), Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle...
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- Catherine Deneuve
Watch the restored color version of Belle de Jour, a psychological drama about a young woman who works as a prostitute during the day. The film stars Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli, and won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.
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Belle de jour. Catherine Deneuve’s porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in one of the actress’s most iconic roles: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello.