1967 · drama
Belle de Jour
Directed by Luis Buñuel1h 41m1967
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.
Our read: Belle de Jour (1967) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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