Belle de jour

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7.6/10

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Steamy Romance Drama Romance

A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

51K

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POPULARITY

2,950

394

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 wins & 5 nominations total

Trivia
There is no music whatsoever in the film.

Goofs
Marcel breaks the glass and oval frame to vent his anger. The same frame and picture are unbroken later.

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.

Connections
Featured in Uliisses (1982)

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8/10

The gap between fantasy and reality in female desire

Deneuve plays Séverine Serizy, a bored middle-class woman who never slept with her handsome husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). She eventually adopts a double life on weekday afternoons as a hooker Here she explores the depths of her desires with her amazing sexual inhibitions Although the film resolves around her goings-on at a high-class brothel, real nudity and sex are never shown

"Belle de Jour" may seem one of the most mysterious, poetic, and provoking films ever made Producing a body of work unparalleled in its wealth of meaning and its ability to surprise and shock, Buñuel leads us into a new world arousing wonder and astonishment, depravity and pleasure, weird and entertaining