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Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour

Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
May 24, 1967 1h 41m
7.4
898 votes

Synopsis

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

Title Belle de Jour
Companies Paris Films Productions, Five Films, Robert et Raymond Hakim
Countries France, Italy
Keywords adultery, prostitute, jealousy, dreams, husband wife relationship, dual identity, double life, sexual frustration, brothel, women's sexual identity, masochism, sexual exploration
Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Séverine Serizy
Jean Sorel

Jean Sorel

Pierre Serizy
Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Henri Husson
Geneviève Page

Geneviève Page

Madame Anais
Muni

Muni

Pallas
Claude Cerval

Claude Cerval

(uncredited)
Iska Khan

Iska Khan

Asian client
Francis Blanche

Francis Blanche

Monsieur Adolphe
Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
Marc Eyraud

Marc Eyraud

Barman (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson

Bernard Fresson

Le grele (uncredited)