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Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 24, 1967

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

74%

Original Title

Belle de jour

Production Companies

Paris Films Productions, Five Films, Robert et Raymond Hakim

Director

Luis Buñuel

Description

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.