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Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
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7.33/10
CinemaSerf
The slightly kinky opening scenes of this film go some way to explaining just why "Severine" (Catherine Deneuve) isn't so satisfied with her handsome yet sexually uninspiring husband "Pierre" (Jean So... read more
over 1 year ago
lwpcolonel
A blunt surprise insofar as the movies stark depictions of both a young woman's eccentric erotic fantasies alongside a rather harsh alternative lifestyle. In the middle there is a very conventional an... read more
over 7 years ago
talisencrw
A wonderful parable of love, relationships and the place in both for fantasy and imagination. Certainly much more enjoyable to watch, not to mention better acted and directed, than recent delvings int... read more
over 9 years ago
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Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Séverine Serizy
Jean Sorel
Pierre Serizy
Michel Piccoli
Henri Husson
Geneviève Page
Madame Anais
Pierre Clémenti
Marcel
Françoise Fabian
Charlotte
Macha Méril
Renée
Muni
Pallas
Maria Latour
Mathilde
Claude Cerval
The Driver (uncredited)
Michel Charrel
Footman
Iska Khan
Asian Client
Bernard Musson
Majordomo
Marcel Charvey
Prof. Henri
François Maistre
The Teacher
Francisco Rabal
Hyppolite
Georges Marchal
Graf
Francis Blanche
Mr. Adolphe
Luis Buñuel
Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)
Marc Eyraud
Barman (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson
The Hail (uncredited)
Director
Luis Buñuel
Director
Pierre Lary
Assistant Director
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Creator
Luis Buñuel
Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Joseph Kessel
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