Belle de jour
Belle de jour movie poster
Directed by	Luis Buñuel
Produced by	Henri Baum Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim
Written by	Luis Buñuel Jean-Claude Carrière Joseph Kessel
Starring	Catherine Deneuve Jean Sorel Michel Piccoli Geneviève Page
Released	May 24, 1967 France release
Running time	101 min
Language	French
IMDb profile

Belle de jour is a 1967 French film starring Catherine Deneuve. The film was directed by the Spanish director Luis Buñuel. It is based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Joseph Kessel. A film poster for Belle de jour, contended as fair use. ... Luis Buñuel Portoles (February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983) was a Spanish-born Mexican filmmaker. ... Jean-Claude Carrière (born September 19, 1931 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France) is a screenwriter and actor. ... Joseph Kessel (February 10, 1898 - July 23, 1979) was a French journalist and novelist of Russian origins. ... Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000 Catherine Deneuve (born October 22, 1943, Paris) is an Oscar-nominated French actress. ... Michel Piccoli (born December 27, 1925) is a French actor. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... // Events December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000 Catherine Deneuve (born October 22, 1943, Paris) is an Oscar-nominated French actress. ... Luis Buñuel Portoles (February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983) was a Spanish-born Mexican filmmaker. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joseph Kessel (February 10, 1898 - July 23, 1979) was a French journalist and novelist of Russian origins. ...

Plot

Séverine Serizy is a young, beautiful Paris housewife who has masochistic daydream fantasies about elaborate floggings and bondage. She is married to a doctor and loves him, but cannot share physical intimacy with him. A male friend mentions a high-class brothel to Séverine, and soon she secretly tries to work there during the afternoon (using the pseudonym Belle de jour). The brothel is run by Madame Anais, played by Geneviève Page. Séverine will only work up until five o'clock each day, returning to her blissfully unaware husband in the evening. Her husband, Pierre, is played by Jean Sorel. The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 3 miles behind. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... Whipping on a post Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, whip) the human body. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ...

Cast

• Catherine Deneuve - Séverine Serizy aka Belle de Jour
• Jean Sorel - Pierre Serizy
• Michel Piccoli - Henri Husson
• Geneviève Page - Madame Anais
• Pierre Clémenti - Marcel
• Georges Marchal - Duke
• Françoise Fabian - Charlotte
• Macha Méril - Renée
• Muni - Pallas
• Maria Latour - Mathilde

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Trivia

• The song 'My Lover's Box' by UK rock group Garbage was inspired, in part at least, by the movie.
• The pseudonymous British writer Belle de Jour is presumably named after this film.

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See also

• Sadism and masochism in fiction

In general, the depiction of sadism and masochism in fiction tends to be portrayed from the viewpoint of masochistic fantasy. ...

External links

• Belle de jour at The Internet Movie Database
• Belle de jour review by Roger Ebert
• Belle de jour review by Edward Guthmann - San Francisco Chronicle