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Prostitute Self Discovery Sexual Relations Lifestyle Unfulfillment Obsession Psychological Couple Relations more...
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20th Century 60s
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Europe France Paris
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Belle de Jour, 1967

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel

Directed by: Luis Buñuel

Written by: Luis Buñuel

Language: Spanish, French

Country: France, Italy

Runtime: 101 min

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Rating:7.8

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The mood of Belle de Jour is clever, sexual, and captivating. The plot centers around a prostitute, self discovery, and themes of unfulfillment. It features satire. Belle de Jour is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, it is surreal. In approach, it is serious. The pacing of Belle de Jour is slow. The setting is Paris. It happens in the 1960s. Belle de Jour is based on a book. The movie is known for being a Venice Festival winner, essential viewing, and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes sexual content.

Summary of Belle de Jour

An exquisite tale of self-discovery and tragic passion, Luis Bunuel's 1967 Belle de Jour is one of the crowning achievements of the director's brilliant career. Famous for giddily manipulating audiences in order to make his point, Bunuel boldly blurs the line between fantasy and reality once again. It is this gleeful mischievousness that makes Belle de Jour such a classic. Catherine Deneuve's performance reaffirms her status as one of world cinema's most electrifying actresses.

Based on Joseph Kessel's 1928 novel, the film follows a recently married French housewife, Severine (Deneuve), as she is overcome by a wash of uncontainable erotic passions. After a brutal gang rape turns out to be mere fantasy, Severine finds herself in a nearby brothel acting out a series of sexual acts. At night, she returns home to her loving husband, Pierre (Jean Sorel), who is unaware of the double life that she is leading--or is she, really?

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Language:	Spanish, French
Country:	France, Italy
Release date:	10 April 1968
Runtime:	101 min

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Catherine Deneuve

as Séverine Serizy aka Belle de Jour

Jean Sorel

as Pierre Serizy

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interesting self discovery plot. clever, mature and ironic. high artistic value. i still wonder what he was trying to say... it's a story about a woman that likes to be controlled. yet it tries to remain on feministic grounds (not successfully many... Read and rate it

04.January.2009
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by: reiorion
reiorion rated this movie0/10

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