# Belle de Jour (1967)

> A chaste doctor's wife secretly enters a Paris brothel, where erotic fantasy and respectable marriage become inseparable.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/526

## Facts

- Runtime: 101 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Luis Buñuel
- Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti, Françoise Fabian, Macha Méril, Muni
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061395/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: surreal, provocative, elegant, classic cinema evening, arthouse film night

## Synopsis

A young woman's secret life leads her to explore her deepest desires and fantasies.

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- [Last Tango in Paris (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/1088)
- [Story of Women (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/27002)
- [La Ronde (1950)](https://ember.film/movie/33739)
- [Last Year at Marienbad (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/2375)
- [Pierrot le Fou (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/1851)
- [The Lovers (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/1748)
- [The Mother and the Whore (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/32639)
- [The Last Metro (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/1147)
- [Juliet of the Spirits (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/11569)
- [Romance (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/15699)

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