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Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve) cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). 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 de Jour. But when one of her clients (Pierre Clémenti) grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

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The radiantly filmed Belle de Jour entrances even as it resists easy interpretations.

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Belle de Jour | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Charles Champlin Los Angeles Times "Belle de Jour" is more interesting and provocative than the great run of pictures one ever sees. Buuel's handling of color is gorgeous. And the acting is impeccable. Apr 13, 2018 Full Review Belle de Jour | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Anthony Lane Independent (UK) People think of Deneuve as cinema's answer to bone china, and indeed the romantic efforts of Truffaut, say, left her looking stiff and staid. But she made the brilliant Bunuel think again, and gave his heart a jump. Jan 4, 2018 Full Review Belle de Jour | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Peter Bradshaw Guardian With co-writer Jean-Claude Carrire, Buuel creates a secret theatre of erotic shame. Rated: 5/5 Sep 6, 2017 Full Review Belle de Jour | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Belle de Jour encompasses all Buñuel’s succeeding directorial features... Jul 18, 2023 Full Review Belle de Jour | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Such a fascinating and engaging study of satiating sexual appetites... Apr 10, 2023 Full Review Belle de Jour | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Louis Séguin Positif Seeking rational justifications for his tale would remove all of Bunuel’s impact. Apr 5, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alexsander F Belíssimo filme de Buñuel, um dos meus diretores favoritos, a história é de um surrealismo um tanto quanto subjetivo, simplesmente fantástico, e, como estava linda e brilhante no papel a atriz Catherine Deneuve. Menção honrosa a Geneviève Page, que classe e que mulher rica de feição, um espetáculo. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review Joel P Frigid, bored, sexually repressed, pretty blonde housewife gets job as prostitute. Her dreams and past memories reveal some disturbing issues, such as molestation. Whatever you think could go wrong, increase it by about 30-40 %. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/23 Full Review Dani G Was it all just a dream? Was it just the hidden desires from Severine? I don't know, it's a Buñuel film. Don't try to understand everything. Catherine Deneuve, sober as always Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/23/23 Full Review Joao P A fantastic movie by Buñuel who can show an ugly problem with marvellous images. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/17/23 Full Review Luca D I only watch entire movies I refrain from stopping halfway through, so of course I finished the movie. Any normal person would have quit watching maybe halfway through. There is no plot. Just erotic scenes and some more erotic dream sequences. The acting is flat and the characters are all essentially strangers to each other and form no connections. The end of the movie leaves you wondering why you just wasted an hour and 40 minutes of your life. Will definitely not be watching again. Perhaps the novel made more sense. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/24/23 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Fascinating, Leaves you guessing what's real, and what's not, Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/26/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Luis Buñuel Director Catherine Deneuve Séverine Serizy aka Belle de Jour Jean Sorel Pierre Serizy Michel Piccoli Henri Husson Macha Méril Renee Pierre Clémenti Marcel
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Synopsis Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve) cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). 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 de Jour. But when one of her clients (Pierre Clémenti) grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

Director
Luis Buñuel

Producer
Henri Baum, Raymond Hakim

Screenwriter
Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Joseph Kessel

Distributor
Miramax Films, Miramax Home Entertainment [us], Miramax Zoë, Criterion Collection

Production Co
Paris Film Productions

Rating
R

Genre
Drama

Original Language
French (France)

Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 10, 1967, Original

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.5M

Runtime
1h 42m
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