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
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Jean Sorel
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Michel Piccoli
France
Best movies:
Un amour de pluie (1974)
May Fools (1990)
Mado (1976)
Geneviève Page
France
Best movies:
Grand Prix (1966)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
El Cid (1961)
Françoise Fabian
Algeria
Best movies:
Happy New Year (1973)
What's in a Name (2012)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Maria Latour
Best movies:
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Madman of Lab Four (1967)
Macha Méril
Morocco
Best movies:
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Chinese Roulette (1976)
Francisco Rabal
Spain
Best movies:
History (1986) (TV movie)
Viridiana (1961)
La colmena (1982)
Bernard Fresson
France
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
To Each His Hell (1977)
Mado (1976)
Luis Buñuel
Spain
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
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
France
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Georges Marchal
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Dirty Game (1965)
Francis Blanche
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Black Tulip (1964)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Bernard Musson
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Marc Eyraud
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Confession (1970)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Claude Cerval
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
To Die of Love (1971)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Marcel Charvey
France
Best movies:
The President (1961)
The Brain (1969)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Michel Charrel
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
The Sicilian Clan (1969)