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 ...
- 2,162,160 admissions (France)
- Henri Baum, Robert and Raymond Hakim
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.
- Luis Buñuel
- 2 min
Apr 5, 2022. Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve) cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). When ...
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- Luis Buñuel
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- Catherine Deneuve
Jul 25, 1999 · A review of Luis Bunuel's 1967 film "Belle de Jour", a story of a respectable young wife who secretly works in a brothel one or two afternoons a week. The reviewer praises the film's eroticism, its understanding of human nature, and its style. He compares it to Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" and praises its leading actress, Catherine Deneuve.
Catherine Deneuve stars as Séverine, a Paris housewife who works in a bordello and fantasizes about escaping her bourgeois life. This 1967 film from the surrealist provocateur Luis Buñuel is a classic of erotic cinema, a critique of social mores and a celebration of fantasy and reality.
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A classic film about a frigid young housewife who becomes a prostitute and a femme fatale in a surreal and erotic world. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Séverine Sérizy, and Geneviève Page, this film is based on the novel by Joseph Kessel and directed by Luis Buñuel.
