| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by by Joseph Kessel. |
| Cast |
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clementi, Françoise Fabian, Macha Meril, Francisco Rabal, Georges Marchal, Francis Blanche. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sacha Vierny; editor, Walter Spohr. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1967. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
Severine is a repressed, bored housewife, afraid of intimacy. Her husband, Pierre is kind, devoted, and understanding. Severine is aroused by the idea of domination and debasement, and gentle Pierre is hardly the type of person who would treat her cruelly in order to receive sexual gratification. Following the example of an acquaintance, she begins a double life as the girl called Belle de Jour, in the brothel run by Madame Anais. Her otherwise placid domestic life is threatened when an obsessed client, unable to possess her completely, begins to stalk her. |
| Note |
Special features: Feature commentary track with Buñuel scholar Julie Jones ; Original US theatrical trailer ; 1995 re-release trailer. |
| Awards |
1967 Golden Lion Award Winner--Luis Buñuel; Pasinetti Award, Best Film--Luis Buñuel, Venice International Film Festival. |
| Language |
French or dubbed English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979 -- Film adaptations.
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Prostitution -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Married women -- France -- Drama.
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Boredom -- France -- Drama.
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Film adaptations.
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| Indexed Term |
Prostitution France Paris Drame |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Foreign language films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983.
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Scorsese, Martin.
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Hakim, Robert, 1907-1992.
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Hakim, Raymond, 1909-1980.
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Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
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Sorel, Jean, 1934-
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Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020
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Page, Geneviève.
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Clémenti, Pierre, 1942-1999.
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Fabian, Françoise, 1932-
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Méril, Macha, 1940-
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Rabal, Francisco, 1926-2001.
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Marchal, Georges, 1920-1997.
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Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001.
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Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979.
Belle de jour.
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Miramax Zoë (Firm)
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Paris Film Production.
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Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0788833391 |
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9780788833397 |
| Standard No. |
786936169881 |
| Music No. |
24739 Miramax Home Entertainment |
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