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Overview
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Release Date:
10 April 1968 (USA)
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Tagline:
Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
Plot:
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 4 wins
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NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Belle de Jour, you're nothing like her
(From The Guardian - Film News. 26 November 2009, 5:22 AM, PST)
Can Sexual Provocation Still Sell?
(From IFC. 28 October 2009, 6:15 AM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 26 November 2009, 5:22 AM, PST)
Can Sexual Provocation Still Sell?
(From IFC. 28 October 2009, 6:15 AM, PDT)
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The gap between fantasy and reality in female desire…
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Catherine Deneuve | ... | Séverine Serizy / Belle de Jour |
 | Jean Sorel | ... | Pierre Serizy |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Henri Husson |
| Geneviève Page | ... | Madame Anais |
| Pierre Clémenti | ... | Marcel |
| Françoise Fabian | ... | Charlotte |
| Macha Méril | ... | Renee |
| Muni | ... | Pallas |
| Maria Latour | ... | Mathilde |
| Claude Cerval | ||
| Michel Charrel | ... | Footman |
| Iska Khan | ... | Asian client |
| Bernard Musson | ... | Majordomo |
| Marcel Charvey | ... | Prof. Henri |
| François Maistre | ... | L'ensignant |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Beauty of the Day (International: English title) (literal title)
Bella di giorno (Italy)
Belle de Jour (USA)
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Bella di giorno (Italy)
Belle de Jour (USA)
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Runtime:
101 min
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-16 (1988) |
Finland:K-18 (1968) |
France:-12 |
South Korea:18 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Netherlands:16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Norway:15 (re-rating) |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
UK:X (original rating) |
USA:R |
Ireland:18
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Director Cameo: [Luis Buñuel]Sitting in the outdoor café when the Duke gets off his carriage.
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Continuity: When the client that wants to be spanked rejects Belle Du Jour she puts her robe back on but not her bra. Then when she sees the Asian client a few moments later, she takes off her robe and her bra is on.
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Quotes:
Séverine Serizy:
Pierre, please, don't let the cats out.
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Version of Belle de jour (2000) (V)
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Deneuve plays Séverine Serizy, a bored middle-class woman who never slept with her handsome husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). She eventually adopts a double life on weekday afternoons as a hooker… Here she explores the depths of her desires with her amazing sexual inhibitions… Although the film resolves around her goings-on at a high-class brothel, real nudity and sex are never shown…
"Belle de Jour" may seem one of the most mysterious, poetic, and provoking films ever made… Producing a body of work unparalleled in its wealth of meaning and its ability to surprise and shock, Buñuel leads us into a new world arousing wonder and astonishment, depravity and pleasure, weird and entertaining…