Title: Belle de Jour
Original Title: Belle de jour
Year: 1967
Info
- Country: France Italy
- Length: 101 Minutes (1 hour 41 min)
- Genre: Drama
- Age rating: 18 (Suitable only for adults)
Release Dates
- UK: September 08 2017
- United States: April 10 1968
Plot
One of the most relevant films of the filmografy by spanish director's Luis Buñuel, 'El ángel exterminador' (1960), 'Viridiana' (1961), 'Belle de jour' winner with the Gold Lion at the International Film Festival of Venezia in 1967 and the film starring by the french actress Catherine Deneuve.
The darkness and powerfull film tells the story about a young Paris housewife, Séverine, grows bored with her stable husband. When she learns of the presence of a high-class brothel in her neighborhood, she quietly goes to work there--but only during the day, until five o'clock in the afternoon.Cast
Séverine Serizy
Henri Husson
Charlotte
Videos
'Belle de Jour' 50th anniversary trailer
August 25 2017
Photos
Trivia
Play words
'Belle de jour' is a day lily in French, a flower that blooms only by day, as Severine is available only during the afternoons. "Belle de jour" is also a sort of pun, as it reminds us of "belle de nuit", an euphemism for prostitute.
Open ending
According to Luis Buñuel scholar Julie Jones, Buñuel once said that he himself didn't know what the end exactly means.
Special subtitles
In most subtitled versions of the film, an italicized font is used to help the audience spot Séverine's fantasies from reality.
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