Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour

101 mins | Drama, Romance | May 24, 1967

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.

Belle de Jour

101 mins | Drama, Romance | May 24, 1967

Belle de Jour
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Paris Films Productions, Five Films, Robert et Raymond Hakim
Original title Belle de jour
Directors Suzanne Durrenberger, Pierre Lary, Luis Buñuel
Writers Joseph Kessel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

as Séverine Serizy

Jean Sorel

as Pierre Serizy

Michel Piccoli

as Henri Husson

Geneviève Page

as Madame Anais

Pierre Clémenti

as Marcel

Françoise Fabian

as Charlotte

Macha Méril

as Renée

Muni

as Pallas

Maria Latour

as Mathilde

Claude Cerval

as (uncredited)

Michel Charrel

as Footman

Iska Khan

as Asian client

Bernard Musson

as Majordomo

Marcel Charvey

as Prof. Henri

François Maistre

as L'ensignant

Francisco Rabal

as Hyppolite

Georges Marchal

as Graf

Francis Blanche

as Monsieur Adolphe

Luis Buñuel

as Man in Gardencafe - Left from the Duke (uncredited)

Marc Eyraud

as Barman (uncredited)

Bernard Fresson

as Le grele (uncredited)