Catherine Deneuve
Séverine Serizy aka Belle de Jour
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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. Based on the 1928 novel Belle de Jour by Joseph Kessel , the film is about a young woman who spends her midweek afternoons as a high-class prostitute ...
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Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 28th Venice International Film Festival. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Adaptation and Dialogue by Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière. Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel.
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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.
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve) cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre (Jean Sorel).
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Roger Ebert July 25, 1999. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. In the days after I first saw Stanley Kubrick's " Eyes Wide Shut ," another film entered my mind again and again. 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.
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Buñuel's first color film, Belle de Jour is a sumptuous beautifully shot visual exercise that arouses the senses on every level, adding to the film's appeal. Belle de Jour has endured over the years as new generations continue to discover it and debate its ambiguous meaning.
