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Belle de Jour (1967)
Belle de jour (original title)

18 101 min  -  Drama  -   10 April 1968 (USA)
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A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Joseph Kessel (novel), Luis Buñuel (adaptation), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Catherine Deneuve ...
Jean Sorel Jean Sorel ...
Michel Piccoli ...
Geneviève Page ...
Pierre Clémenti Pierre Clémenti ...
Françoise Fabian Françoise Fabian ...
Charlotte
Macha Méril Macha Méril ...
Renee
Muni Muni ...
Pallas
Maria Latour Maria Latour ...
Mathilde
Claude Cerval Claude Cerval
Michel Charrel Michel Charrel ...
Footman
Iska Khan Iska Khan ...
Asian client
Bernard Musson Bernard Musson ...
Majordomo
Marcel Charvey Marcel Charvey ...
Prof. Henri
François Maistre François Maistre ...
L'ensignant
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Storyline

Severine is a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage. Written by James Meek <james@oz.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Brothel | Surgeon | Marriage | Adultery  | See more »

Taglines:

Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!

Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | Spanish | Mongolian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Bela da Tarde See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$4,037,017 (USA) (1995) (re-issue)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

The comment by Pierre Serizy, "Semen retentum venenum est" is in Latin, and could be roughly translated as "To retain one's semen is poisonous" or "To retain one's semen will allow it to eat away at one like a poison." See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Marcel breaks the glass and oval frame to vent his anger. The same frame and picture are unbroken later. See more »

Quotes

Madame Anais: I have an idea. Would you like to be called "Belle de Jour"?
Séverine Serizy: Belle de Jour?
Madame Anais: Since you only come in the afternoons.
Séverine Serizy: If you wish.
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Referenced in Internal Affairs (1990) See more »