Extended Reading
  • Lizzie 2022-03-22 09:02:17

    Short review (can't write)

    The masochistic fantasies at the beginning are unique, showing her unfulfilled desires. The plot gradually reveals the fact that her husband is too busy with work to have more company and sex, as well as flashbacks to childhood molestation, not taking the Holy Communion hinting at her own...

  • Amely 2022-04-19 09:02:31

    The deepest ecstasy

    Legend has it that the director Luis Buñuel made this film only to satirize the bourgeoisie, so the film's theme is simple at first glance: a middle-class glamorous young woman can't stand emptiness and loneliness, immersed in daydreams all day long Indulging in various masochistic plots, and even...

Belle de Jour quotes

  • Prof. Henri: I love you. I love you, I tell you. Now walk on me. Spit on me. Stomp on my face.

    Charlotte: Dirty old man! Pig! I'll teach you!

    Prof. Henri: But I love you! Marquise, hit me harder!

  • Madame Anais: What's that? Credit card. Geisha Club. No-no. This is no good here. Cash only.