Directed by:
Luis BuñuelCinematography:
Sacha ViernyCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Françoise Fabian, Maria Latour, Macha Méril, Francisco Rabal, Bernard Fresson, Luis Buñuel (more)VOD (4)
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Catherine Deneuve’s porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in one of the actress’s most iconic roles: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Catherine Deneuve](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/329/162329750_4f8bf4.png)
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Jean Sorel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280967_e0ad0c.jpg)
Jean Sorel
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
![Michel Piccoli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/798/163798907_1b5816.png)
Michel Piccoli
France
Best movies:
Un amour de pluie (1974)
May Fools (1990)
Mado (1976)
![Geneviève Page](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/329/162329746_173643.jpg)
Geneviève Page
France
Best movies:
Grand Prix (1966)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
El Cid (1961)
![Françoise Fabian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/329/162329775_d602cf.png)
Françoise Fabian
Algeria
Best movies:
Happy New Year (1973)
What's in a Name (2012)
Belle de Jour (1967)
![Maria Latour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/329/162329748_a4714a.png)
Maria Latour
Best movies:
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Madman of Lab Four (1967)
![Macha Méril](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523499_39fdde.png)
Macha Méril
Morocco
Best movies:
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Bolero (1981)
![Francisco Rabal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/442/164442105_9390cf.jpg)
Francisco Rabal
Spain
Best movies:
History (1986) (TV movie)
Viridiana (1961)
La colmena (1982)
![Bernard Fresson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494637_081a4f.jpg)
Bernard Fresson
France
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
The Longest Day (1962)
Mado (1976)
![Luis Buñuel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269556_b29dca.jpg)
Luis Buñuel
Spain
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
![Pierre Clémenti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247448_d17c20.jpg)
Pierre Clémenti
France
Best movies:
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Leopard (1963)
Brigitte Parmentier
Best movies:
Belle de Jour (1967)
East of Berlin (1978)
![François Maistre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437173_5b15b3.jpg)
François Maistre
France
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Belle de Jour (1967)
![Georges Marchal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456068_2bf280.jpg)
Georges Marchal
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Dirty Game (1965)
![Francis Blanche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087397_bd1c5a.jpg)
Francis Blanche
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Black Tulip (1964)
Belle de Jour (1967)
![Bernard Musson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/354/21354147_48e77a.jpg)
Bernard Musson
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
![Marc Eyraud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809444_8f71a9.jpg)
Marc Eyraud
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Confession (1970)
Belle de Jour (1967)
![Claude Cerval](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/316/163316366_161c4e.png)
Claude Cerval
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
To Die of Love (1971)
Belle de Jour (1967)
![Marcel Charvey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455792_1e4d50.jpg)
Marcel Charvey
France
Best movies:
The Brain (1969)
The President (1961)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Michel Charrel
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
The Sicilian Clan (1969)