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{{quote|''It is possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best. That's because it understands eroticism from the inside-out--understandsout—understands how it exists not in sweat and skin, but in the imagination.''|'''[[Roger Ebert]]'''}}

'''''Belle de Jour''''' is one of the most famous films directed by [[Luis BunuelBuñuel]]. Released in 1967, it starred then-débutante [[Catherine Deneuve]].

Séverine (Deneuve) looks outwardly like the perfect [[Housewife]]. Beautiful, demure, well-mannered and impeccably groomed, she is the very image of bourgeois propriety. In fact she is a masochist who likes to fantasize about being humiliated and treated like a sex object. On the recommandationrecommendation of a friend, she acts out on these fantasies by becoming a part-time prostitute in an upscale brothel. Since she only turns tricks during her husband's business hours, she is given the moniker Belle de Jour, "daytime beauty".

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Séverine and her fellow prostitutes.

* [[Its"It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"]]: Séverine's first job.

* [[Riddle for Thethe Ages]]: One customer shows up with a small lacquered box, the contents of which cause a prostitute to recoil in shock. We'll never know what's in it.

[[Category:Films of the 1960s0s1960s]]

[[Category:Belle Dede Jour]]

[[Category:TropeFrench Cinema]]