Review of Belle de Jour (1967) by Darlyne L — 12 Jan 2010

Wishing, Wanting And Longing... The gap between fantasy and reality in female desire...

This review of Belle de Jour (1967) was written by Darlyne L on 12 Jan 2010.

Belle de Jour has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Steve A (538) on 03 Feb 2014

Catherine Deneuve stars as Severine, a bored bourgeois housewife who has a rather frigid sex life with her husband…

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By Matty S (358) on 03 Aug 2013

It is pointless to find any logical explanation for Belle de Jour. This is clearly not Luis Buñuel's intention…

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By Hal M (105) on 28 Sep 2013

Libelo do Buñuel à repressão sexual é bem desenvolvido e entrega uma grande atuação de Catherine Deneuve…

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By Daniel D (1,629) on 26 Dec 2012

Rating: 3 stars Arthouse Rating: 3.5 stars Luis Bunuel created the colorful and seductive work of Belle de Jour…

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By Penelope Houston (126) for The Spectator (1,162) on 10 Apr 2016

Belle de Jour has the almost daunting, fragile flawlessness of the perfect crystal -- a staggering, commanding piece of film-making rather…

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By Knox M (462) on 15 Jun 2017

A mischievous exercise in surreal eroticism, Bunuel's Belle De Jour is like sexual desire put under a microscope: with a perverse filter…

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By Michael T (3,420) on 27 May 2015

What made Luis Bunuel such a timeless film-maker, was his acute sense about the nature of the human condition, the animalistic base of man,…

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By Anti R (43) on 04 Oct 2016

A simple premise that has lots of insight by Bunuel. It's mainly an interesting dissection on gender…

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By Hugo G (498) on 19 Aug 2015

This movie was quite different than what I expected, but nonetheless very interesting mainly because of Deneuve's character…

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By Rainer K (444) on 13 Dec 2012

I guess this as little surreal as it gets for Bunuel. 1) Observation: Catherine Deneuve is a great actress. And, she's really really hot…

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