Belle de Jour (film)

Belle de Jour pronouncedbl d u is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buuel and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli. Based on the 1928 novel Belle de jour by Joseph Kessel, the film is about a young woman who spends her midweek afternoons as a prostitute while her husband is at work.

Sverine Serizy Catherine Deneuve, a young and beautiful housewife, is unable to share physical intimacy with her husband, Dr. Pierre Serizy Jean Sorel, despite their love for each other. Her sexual life is restricted to elaborate fantasies involving domination, sadomasochism, and bondage. Although frustrated by his wifes frigidity toward him, he respects her wishes.While visiting a ski resort, they meet two friends, Henri Husson Michel Piccoli and Rene Macha Mril. Sverine does not like Hussons manner and the way he looks at her. Back in Paris, Sverine meets up with Rene and learns that a mutual friend, Henriette, now works at a brothel. At her home, Sverine receives roses from Husson and is unsettled by the gesture. At the tennis courts, she meets Husson and they discuss Henriette and houses of pleasure. Husson mentions a highclass brothel to Sverine atCit Jean de Saumur. He also confesses his desire for her, but Sverine rejects his advances. ........

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