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Belle de Jour

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Belle de Jour

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Summary

Classic psychological drama starring Catherine Deneuve. Séverine, the wife of a successful surgeon, finds her days boring and her nights equally unexciting. She takes refuge in erotic fantasies until a chance remark leads her to a new and exciting daytime occupation in a brothel.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Luis Buñuel embarked on this picture convinced that it would be his last. However, the receipt of the Golden Lion at Venice and universal critical acclaim persuaded him to undertake five further features, each one being a masterpiece in its own right. Stunningly photographed by Sacha Vierny, this complex parable on social, sexual and emotional repression stars Catherine Deneuve as bored housewife Séverine whose erotic fantasies lead her to seek escape in prostitution. Deneuve is utterly beguiling in a movie shifting between dream and reality with such deft sleights of hand that we are never sure whether we are watching episodes from Séverine's life or sharing her fantasies. Deneuve is a luminous screen presence, but here the director is the film's true star.

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7.6/10

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Cast

rolenameSéverine SérizyCatherine DeneuvePierre SérizyJean SorelMme AnaïsGenevieve PageHenri HussonMichel PiccoliMarcelPierre ClémentiRenée FévretMacha MérilHyppoliteFrancisco RabalLe DucGeorges MarchalCharlotteFrançoise FabianMathildeMaria LatourM AdolpheFrancis Blanche

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rolenameDirectorLuis Buñuel

Details

Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2017-09-08

Languages

English | Latin | French | Spanish

Guidance

Violence, sexual scenes

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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