Belle de jour
France • 1967 • 1h 41m
Director
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Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1967 • FranceStarring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli Catherine Deneuve’s porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in one of the actress’s most iconic roles: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits.
Synopsis
Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1967 • FranceStarring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli Catherine Deneuve’s porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in one of the actress’s most iconic roles: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits.
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DirectorLuis Buñuel
WriterJean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel
CinematographerSacha Vierny
EditorLouisette Hautecœur
ProducerRaymond Hakim, Henri Baum, Robert Hakim