Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour

Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!

1967•1h 40m•7.3/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(999)

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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Production

Paris Films Productions, Five Films, Robert et Raymond Hakim

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Séverine Serizy

Jean Sorel

Jean Sorel

Pierre Serizy

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Henri Husson

Geneviève Page

Geneviève Page

Madame Anais

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre Clémenti

Marcel

Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian

Charlotte

Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Renée

Muni

Muni

Pallas

Maria Latour

Maria Latour

Mathilde

Claude Cerval

Claude Cerval

The Driver (uncredited)

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

The Teacher

Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal

Hyppolite

Georges Marchal

Georges Marchal

Graf

Francis Blanche

Francis Blanche

Mr. Adolphe

Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)

Marc Eyraud

Marc Eyraud

Barman (uncredited)

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