Belle de Jour
A delicacy, a passionate and compassionate study of erotica.
-- Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
Belle de Jour
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
BELLE DE JOUR (1968)
55th Anniversary
Catherine Deneuve’s porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in one of the actress’s most iconic roles: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her weekday afternoons working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits.
55th Anniversary
Catherine Deneuve’s porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in one of the actress’s most iconic roles: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her weekday afternoons working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits.
Genre
Anniversary Classics,
Drama,
French Cinema,
Women and Film,
Erotica,
Auteur Cinema
Runtime
105
Language
French,
Spanish
Director
Luis Buñuel
Writer(s)
Joseph Kessel,
Luis Buñuel,
Jean-Claude Carrière
Cast
Catherine Deneuve,
Jean Sorel,
Michel Piccoli
Awards:
Nominee, Best Foreign Film, New York Film Critics Circle
Winner, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
Winner, Pasinetti Award ~ Best Film, Venice Film Festival
MOREPlayed at
Claremont 5 8.30.23 - 8.30.23
Royal 8.30.23 - 8.30.23
Glendale 8.30.23 - 8.30.23
Newhall 8.30.23 - 8.30.23
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