
Severine is a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage.... (Full plot summary below)
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Severine is a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage.
Leave your thoughts about Belle de Jour.
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannA wise, enormously enjoyable film about the power of fantasy -- a toast to the importance of dreams. |
| BBC.comAlmar HaflidasonLuis Buñuel creates an eminently classy film that is a splendid piece of escapism for the viewer. Central to this is Catherine Deneuve who oozes such sophisticated sexuality that one becomes utterly immersed in her potentially dangerous adventure. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezA radical work that both looks back at the director's own early surrealist cinema and anticipates the work of David Lynch. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonAny number of conclusions may be drawn as to the purpose of the film, and they'd all be correct. The mark of a classic. |
| TV GuideMichael ScheinfeldA delightful puzzle, and [Catherine] Deneuve's finest hour-and-a-half. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThe director may have been ahead of his time, but he displays no more compassion for his characters than a psycho killer shows for his victims. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawWith co-writer Jean-Claude Carrière, Buñuel creates a secret theatre of erotic shame. |
| The Big IssueEdward Lawrensonhe fact Belle de Jour resists such settled interpretation is one reason to see it... Another reason is Deneuve. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickA character study with surreal interludes and a rare film in which Buñuel depicts a member of the upper class with some sympathy and depth |