Belle de Jour Movie (1967): Where to watch and stream online

Belle de Jour

1967, Movie, 1h 41min

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.

Country: Italy,France

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Reviews

Critic Ian Nathan

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As is the Spanish director’s want, there is lightness, a quasi-comedy, rather than degradation, to this creature’s descent into apparent sordidness.

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Michael Thomsen

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Meget sober og god film om prostitution og sado-masochisme. Som sagt sober, så hvis det er smuds man er ude efter, er det nok andre steder på nettet man skal lede efter det. :)

3 years ago

Critic Charlotta Lundborg

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...lika fascinerade nu som när den kom.

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Critic Katarina Emgård

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Ett surrealistiskt, väldressat, erotiskt äventyr som gör sig välförtjänt av sin höga status.

Read full review at Moviezine

Frequently asked questions

What is Belle de Jour about? Toggle content

Séverine, a stunning and reserved housewife, struggles to reconcile her mundane life with her dark, masochistic fantasies. With a mix of curiosity and desperation, she secretly begins working at a high-class brothel during the day, taking on the persona of Belle de Jour. As she delves deeper into this double life, Séverine finds herself torn between her loyalty to her husband and her newfound freedom and desire for excitement. But when a possessive client becomes obsessed with her, she must make a choice that will change her life forever.

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You can stream Belle de Jour on: Amazon Store

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Belle de Jour include To Kill a Mockingbird, Midnight Cowboy, The Swimmer, A Day at the Beach, I Walk the Line, To Sir, with Love.