Belle de Jour Poster

Belle de Jour (1967)

R 05/24/1967 Drama, Romance 1h 41m
73%
User
Score
7.6/10
95%

Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!

Overview

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

Luis Buñuel

Director

Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Séverine Serizy

Jean Sorel

Jean Sorel

Pierre Serizy

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Henri Husson

Geneviève Page

Geneviève Page

Madame Anais

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre Clémenti

Marcel

Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian

Charlotte

Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Renée

Muni

Muni

Pallas

Maria Latour

Maria Latour

Mathilde

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Media

BELLE DE JOUR (1967) Edition Intro

BELLE DE JOUR (1967) Edition Intro

Mark Kermode reviews Belle de Jour | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews Belle de Jour | BFI Player

BELLE DE JOUR - Official Trailer - Directed by Luis Buñuel & newly restored

BELLE DE JOUR - Official Trailer - Directed by Luis Buñuel & newly restored

Three Reasons: Belle de jour

Three Reasons: Belle de jour

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw

Written on February 14, 2016

A wonderful parable of love, relationships and the place in both for fantasy and imagination. Certainly much more enjoyable to watch, not to mention better acted and directed, than recent delvings into that subject matter, like Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac (though that wasn't the latter's point). Intensely beautifully photographed, with wonderful performances, most especially by Catherine Deneuve. You can't go wrong with 60's and 70's Bunuel, that's for sure....

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A review by lwpcolonel

Written on January 14, 2018

A blunt surprise insofar as the movies stark depictions of both a young woman's eccentric erotic fantasies alongside a rather harsh alternative lifestyle. In the middle there is a very conventional and ordinary real life tale of a married couple where the husband has no idea what's going on within his wife's mind, and life, both past and present.

Reality and fantasy seem to blend in a young woman's mind implicitly suggestive of prior experiences that influenced the lead character's real and imaginary manifestations. Not for children....

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 12, 2024

The slightly kinky opening scenes of this film go some way to explaining just why "Severine" (Catherine Deneuve) isn't so satisfied with her handsome yet sexually uninspiring husband "Pierre" (Jean Sorel). Indeed, quickly we gather that they are yet to consummate their nuptials at all! Increasingly exasperated, she hears of a "facility" run by "Madame Anais" (Geneviève Page) where some of those kinks might be ironed out! Initially a little apprehensive, she proceeds to make a wide variety of new friends as her daytime occupation soon fills in the gaps left lacking in her still happy marriage to the oblivious "Pierre". It's when she is introduced to the rather enigmatic young "Marcel" (Pierre Clémenti) that things become a bit more fraught. He has an impressive array of metal teeth, for a...

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