Belle de Jour

1967
8.5
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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

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Séverine Serizy

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Henri Husson

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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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