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Belle de Jour

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Belle de Jour (1967)

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Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 31  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 8.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis:
An exquisite tale of self-discovery and tragic passion, Luis Bunuel's 1967 BELLE DE JOUR is one of the crowning achievements of the director's brilliant career. Famous for giddily manipulating audiences in order to make his point, Bunuel boldly blurs the line between fantasy and reality... [More]
An exquisite tale of self-discovery and tragic passion, Luis Bunuel's 1967 BELLE DE JOUR is one of the crowning achievements of the director's brilliant career. Famous for giddily manipulating audiences in order to make his point, Bunuel boldly blurs the line between fantasy and reality once again. It is this gleeful mischievousness that makes BELLE DE JOUR such a classic. Catherine Deneuve's performance reaffirms her status as one of world cinema's most electrifying actresses. Based on Joseph Kessel's 1928 novel, the film follows a recently married French housewife, Severine (Deneuve), as she is overcome by a wash of uncontainable erotic passions. After a brutal gang rape turns out to be mere fantasy, Severine finds herself in a nearby brothel acting out a series of sexual acts. At night, she returns home to her loving husband, Pierre (Jean Sorel), who is unaware of the double life that she is leading--or is she, really? [Less]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Genevieve Page, Michel Piccoli, Macha Meril

Director: Luis Buñuel
Screenwriter: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carriere
Producer: Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim
Composer: Michel Magne

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 22, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Mono - French
  • Mono - English
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Production Interview - 1. Catherine Deneuve - Star
  • Audio Commentary - 1. Julie Jones - Bunuel Scholar
  • Trailers

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

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03/03/07 05:21 AM
Rob Mackie
Guardian [UK]
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A delicacy, a passionate and compassionate study of erotica.

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08/03/06 06:56 PM
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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It is possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best.

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07/01/06 03:36 AM
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Of all the supposedly challenging attractions playing locally in our supposedly more enlightened era, the most compellingly erotic and entertaining spectacle is still provided by Belle de Jour

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04/19/06 02:28 PM
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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This silly little masterpiece regards Deneuve as the goddess of light she really was -- a figment of our collective appetite for the unreal.

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04/11/06 02:07 PM
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Time Out
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A surprisingly discreet film considering the erotic nature of the subject matter.

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10/17/05 07:41 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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07/01/05 11:50 AM
Emanuel Levy
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Icy sketch of prostitute's life by one of film's greatest directors

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12/17/04 01:18 PM
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
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01/06/04 04:59 PM
Michael Dequina
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Oddly fascinating.

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10/16/03 02:45 PM
Jurgen Fauth
About.com
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A radical work that both looks back at the director’s own early surrealist cinema and anticipates the work of David Lynch.

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09/09/03 03:52 PM
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
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Absolutely superb.

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07/31/03 06:22 PM
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal
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The use of dreams fused with reality works because the two things balance one another to create a whole, instead of detracting as a cop-out as most movies with this motif rely on.

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07/10/03 10:18 PM
Greg Muskewitz
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Every detail has been so carefully thought out that seeing it again is like seeing it in another key.

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05/20/03 05:16 PM
Renata Adler
New York Times
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One of master director Luis Buñuel's most wry and elegant films.

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03/23/03 08:11 AM
Robert Faires
Austin Chronicle
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02/14/03 12:03 PM
Nicolas Lacroix
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02/04/03 05:39 PM
Darrin Keene
Film Threat
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But beyond the artistry, this film stands as the most accessible of Buñuel's work.

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09/02/02 10:02 PM
John A. Nesbit
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07/30/02 10:27 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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