Belle de Jour
Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
Production
Budget
$0
Revenue
$4 037 017
Director
Actors
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti, Françoise Fabian, Macha Méril, Muni, Maria Latour, Claude Cerval
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Henri Baum, Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim
Operator
Composer
Artist
Robert Clavel, Marc Desages
Audition
Short 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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Joseph Kessel's novel "Belle de jour" (1928).
- During the rape scene, Catherine Deneuve's dress was fitted with a special Velcro fastener that made a loud tearing sound.
- In the rape scene, Catherine Deneuve's dress was equipped with a special Velcro fastener that made a loud sound, resembling the sound of tearing fabric.
- "Belle de jour" is the French name for a lily that blooms only during the day.
- The film's director, Luis Buñuel, appears in a cameo in the café scene.
- The music video for Garbage's song "Tell Me Where It Hurts" was filmed based on this movie.
- In most subtitled versions of the film, italics were used to help viewers distinguish Severine's fantasies from reality.
- The film is based on the novel Belle de jour (1928) by Joseph Kessel.
- The film's director, Luis Buñuel, makes a cameo appearance in the cafe scene.
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