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Belle de jour (1967)

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User Rating: 7.7/10 (7,427 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Luis Buñuel
Writers:
Luis Buñuel (writer)
Jean-Claude Carrière (writer)
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Release Date:
10 April 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
Plot:
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins more
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Different every time more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beauty of the Day (International: English title) (literal title)
Bella di giorno (Italy)
Belle de jour (USA)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
Spanish | French
Colour:
Colour (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
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Company:
Paris Film more

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Trivia:
In most subtitled versions of the film, an italicized font is used to help the audience spot Séverine's fantasies from reality. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Marcel breaks the glass and oval frame to vent his anger. The same frame and picture are unbroken later. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Settling the Score (2006) (V) more

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40 out of 49 people found the following comment useful:-
Different every time, 28 December 2003
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Author: jackal59 from United States

My other favorite Bunuel films, _The Exterminating Angel_ and _The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie_, are in some ways social satires surrealistically told. _Belle de Jour_, however, is much more of a purely surreal work, which is appropriate since it is about two of the most surreal of subjects: power, and sex. Don't watch it expecting psychedelic camera tricks and Freudian dream sequences - Bunuel is much too controlled for trickery, and much too tricky to allow you to calmly map out what is real and what is not. And don't expect to know exactly what has happened at the end or even to remember the film clearly later. Each time I see it again I discovered that that the film has somehow reassembled itself in my memory, so each viewing is fresh and surprising. Even if you don't give a tinker's melted watch about surrealism, and don't care to puzzle out reality from fantasy, there's still much to like here: frequent droll humor, a little bit of titillation, and a good performance from an incredibly beautiful young Catherine Deneuve. Watch it with someone you love.

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