Belle de Jour (1967)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
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
(uncredited)
Michel Charrel
Footman
Iska Khan
Asian client
Bernard Musson
Majordomo
Marcel Charvey
Prof. Henri
François Maistre
L'ensignant
Francisco Rabal
Hyppolite
Georges Marchal
Graf
Francis Blanche
Monsieur Adolphe
Luis Buñuel
Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay
Marc Eyraud
Barman (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson
Le grele (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Joseph Kessel
Author
Henri Baum
Producer
Raymond Hakim
Producer
Robert Hakim
Producer
Sacha Vierny
Director of Photography
Louisette Hautecœur
Editor
Robert Clavel
Production Design / Set Decoration
Yves Saint Laurent
Costume Design
Janine Jarreau
Makeup Artist
Simone Knapp
Creature Design / Hairstylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 24, 1967
Original NameBelle de jour
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsParis, France
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Belle de Jour (pronounced [bɛl də ʒuʁ]) is a 1967 surrealist erotic psychological drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli. Based on the 1928 novel Belle de Jour by Joseph Kessel, the film is about a young woman who spends her midweek afternoons as a high-class prostitute, while her husband is at work.
The title of the film is a play on words on the French term belle de nuit ("beauty of the night", i.e., a prostitute), as Séverine works during the day under the pseudonym "Belle de Jour". Her nickname can also be interpreted as a reference to the French name of the morning glory (Convolvulaceae), meaning "beauty of [the] day", a flower that blooms only during the day.
Belle de Jour is one of Buñuel's most successful and famous films. It was Deneuve's second acclaimed success after The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. It won the Golden Lion and the Pasinetti Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival in 1967.