Belle de Jour
Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
Drama, Romance
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1967
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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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Rated:
R
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
24 May 1967
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
French, Mongolian, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award7 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Every detail has been so carefully thought out that seeing it again is like seeing it in another key.
– Renata Adler,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
This silly little masterpiece regards Deneuve as the goddess of light she really was -- a figment of our collective appetite for the unreal.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
11 Apr 2006
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Of all the supposedly challenging attractions playing locally in our supposedly more enlightened era, the most compellingly erotic and entertaining spectacle is still provided by Belle de Jour
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
19 Apr 2006
fresh:
It is possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jul 2006
fresh:
A delicacy, a passionate and compassionate study of erotica.
– Philip Wuntch,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Aug 2006