Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour

  • Director: Luis Buñuel
  • Writer: Joseph Kessel,Luis Buñuel,Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Countries of origin: France, Italy
  • Language: French, Spanish
  • Release date: April 10, 1968
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Beauty of the Day
  • "Beauty of the Day" is a feature film directed by Luis Buñuel and starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean Sorrier. It was released in France on May 24, 1967.
    The film is adapted from Joseph Kossel's novel of the same name. It tells the story of a beautiful middle-class woman who was willing to degenerate into a high-level prostitute in order to seek the pleasure of being abused   . In 1967, the film won the Golden Lion Award at the 32nd Venice International Film Festival   .

    Details

    • Release date April 10, 1968
    • Filming locations Chalet de la Grande Cascade, Allée de Longchamp, Bois de Boulogne, Paris 16, Paris, France
    • Production companies Robert et Raymond Hakim, Paris Film Productions, Five Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $4,063,348

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $6,462

    Gross worldwide

    $4,162,021

    Movie reviews

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    • By Angelo 2022-07-18 11:17:36

      Belle De Jour--Women's Fantasy Or Men's Desires?

      I like this translation. Although it lacks the meaning of the flower's name in French, it makes people think of "daydream" and "white day prostitution" at the same time, which is the core of this film. Daydream, an absurd and promiscuous beauty daydream.Draw the curtains at the brightest hour of the afternoon and have the darkest dreams.

    • By Raymundo 2022-06-14 09:47:44

      The Beauty of the Day: Masochistic and Guilty Dual Desires

      When we explore human nature, my generation is bored with the banner of "deconstruction, deconstruction", structuring humanity, and deconstructing the world. When I am a single individual who does not pursue any artistic value, I am just trying to To solve those life problems, I ended up meeting this master man. , with this unusually "ugly" (ugly) video.

      When I saw this film, it reminded me of "The Matrix" that Tom Cruise gave us, and I was wondering about...

    • By Mckenzie 2022-06-09 12:09:05

      .Belle de Jour--Most Attractive Erotic Movies

      A very elegant erotic film. A pale-skinned, blond-haired, indifferent and distant beauty, with a handsome and well-earned doctor husband, the two were a perfect match and could have had a happy family life. But the unexpected thing is that the heroine never has sex with her husband. No one knows why. She loves her husband, but this man is separated from her own desires. Hungry and thirsty, she used her husband's time...

    • By Lynn 2022-04-23 07:03:20

      "Beauty in the Day" 1967

      I love works that reveal hidden or ugly humanity, such as the anime "Hell Girl", Kirino Natsuo's novel "Anomalous" and Luis Buñuel's "Beauty in the Daytime".
          The beginning of the film shows its distinctive qualities. We first heard the sound of a carriage from far to near, of course I didn't know it was a carriage at first. It's like a sonic stimuli or suggestion, and the director uses that suggestion throughout the story, the meowing of cats, the humming of the Mongolian client's...

    • By Marshall 2022-04-23 07:03:20

      daytime beauty

      "Beauty by Day" is a film about sexual repression, sexual liberation and sexual addiction that focuses on
      exploring complex spiritual problems.
      It is difficult to handle such a sensitive and controversial subject into a highly artistic film.
      Buñuel did it. The film analyzes and criticizes the dark side of human nature, and the director makes a bold and valuable discussion on
      the blending of the spirit and the body with dual personalities by combining the surreal and the...

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    • By Arden 2023-09-27 03:54:48

      For Yves Saint Laurent. Beauty is always beauty. Pierre Clementi and Charlie France looks so much alike. And Michel Piccoli, lol, hi dear...

    • By Bernice 2023-08-13 11:16:22

      Subversive morality, dignified perception. Interspersed with the line drawing of dreams and reality, the spirit of the void floats and wanders. I still remember that in Buñuel's other masterpiece "The Phantom of Freedom" (1974), the Dajias sat down to eat, but the seats were toilets. The exaggeration is so skillfully used, yet so profoundly sobering where Buñuel...

    • By Shanny 2023-08-13 06:55:10

      9.5/10. ①The bourgeois heroine is a prostitute because her husband can’t satisfy her but doesn’t want to break the rules of the bourgeoisie. Confidence by a friend). ②A large number of textbook-level mise-en-scene, in the movement of various characters and shots, the picture has been able to maintain the ideographic accuracy. ③The look and feel is full of middle-class sophistication, with rendering techniques such as: exquisite images, exquisite and bright color palettes/dressing...

    • By Jarvis 2023-08-02 22:05:51

      This is the prototype of female addicts and waves! ! Women, chastity is just a tool that men use to quell possessiveness and guilt, your sexuality is not yours; and men, paralyzed in wheelchairs, stand up suddenly only when they learn that their wives are unclean. Sister Feng and Sister Bu are really in the same line, and they cherish each other! The New York Herald and the killer on the Champs-Elysees in the back paid tribute to Godard, Gogo, were you moved to tears? My sister and brother are...

    • By Unique 2023-07-29 22:39:09

      Buñuel is worthy of being the first Spanish surrealist director. It's a bit tricky to understand the ending. The 67-year-old film is not out of date now. The relationship between spiritual love and physical love. As Kessel puts it: "The theme of Beauty in the Day is not Severina's sensual perversion, but her hyper-sensual love for Pierre." Pioneering. I like the kiss scene of the prostitute and Sevilla the most, the driving and anti-driving,...

    Movie plot

    The beautiful middle-class woman Severina (Catherine Deneuve) has a happy family. The husband Pierre (Jean Sorrier), a surgeon, is handsome and gentle, and earns a lot of money, but he has never been able to satisfy his wife sensually . Due to her identity, Sevelina can only find pleasure in her being abused and bullied by others. Unbearable, she ran to a brothel to sell her body, because she could only sell her body during her...
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    "Beauty of the Day" is a complex film about depression, liberation and addiction. It expresses director Luis Buñuel's criticism of the vulgar and empty life of the bourgeoisie. The film is known for its outstanding artistry. Few directors can treat such a sensitive and controversial subject into a highly artistic film. But Luis Buñuel made it a classic masterpiece that showed surprising wit and careful consideration (reviewed by...
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    Movie quotes

    • Madame Anais: You're nice and fresh. Just what they like here. I know it's hard at first, but who doesn't need money now and then? We'll split it fifty-fifty. I have my expenses.

      Séverine Serizy: Thank you very much, but I must be going.

      Madame Anais: Come on. You're just a bit nervous. I bet it's the first time you've worked. It's not really so awful.

    • Madame Anais: You'll meet the other two girls soon. Mathilde and Charlotte. Both very nice. I only tolerate well-bred people here and they must be cheerful. I want people to enjoy their work. Just last week I had to let a girl go. Very beautiful, too. But she was too vulgar. It's a shame.

    • Madame Anais: I'm not asking for your real name. You think mine is really Anaïs?