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Belle de Jour (1967)

Belle de jour (original title)
R | | Drama | 10 April 1968 (USA)
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A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.

Director:

Luis Buñuel (as Luis Bunuel)

Writers:

Joseph Kessel (novel) (as Joseph Kessel de l'Académie Française), Luis Buñuel (adaptation) (as Luis Bunuel) | 1 more credit »

Stars:

Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli | See full cast & crew »
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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards »

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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 (as Pierre Clementi)
Françoise Fabian ... Charlotte
Macha Méril ... Renee (as Macha Meril)
Muni ... Pallas
Maria Latour ... Mathilde
Claude Cerval
Michel Charrel Michel Charrel ... Footman
Iska Khan Iska Khan ... Asian client
Bernard Musson Bernard Musson ... Majordomo
Marcel Charvey Marcel Charvey ... Prof. Henri
François Maistre François Maistre ... L'enseignant
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Storyline

Severine is a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage. Written by James Meek <james@oz.net>

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Plot Keywords:

prostitute | marriage | prostitute wife | brothel | daydream | See All (116) »

Taglines:

Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!

Genres:

Drama

Certificate:

R | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | Spanish | Mongolian

Release Date:

10 April 1968 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Belle de Jour See more »

Filming Locations:

Valberg, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, France See more »
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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,462, 25 March 2018

Gross USA:

$4,063,348

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,153,951
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Robert et Raymond Hakim, Paris Film Productions, Five Film See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Was chosen by Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the "100 New Classics ranking as #74 in the June 20, 2008 issue. The issue ranked the greatest movies of the previous 25 years. See more »

Goofs

Marcel breaks the glass and oval frame to vent his anger. The same frame and picture are unbroken later. See more »

Quotes

Séverine Serizy: Pierre, please, don't let the cats out.
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Connections

Referenced in Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

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User Reviews

 
The gap between fantasy and reality in female desire…
25 May 2008 | by Nazi_Fighter_David – See all my reviews

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…
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