Belle de Jour, France, 1967

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Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour

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Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour, France, 1967. Written by Luis Bunuel and Jean-Claude Carriere. Directed by Luis Bunuel.
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli.
Plot: The film tells the story of a respectable young surgeon's wife who secretly works in a brothel.
Critic's view: Roger Ebert writes, It is possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best. That's because it understands eroticism from the inside out -- understands how it exists not in sweat and skin, but in the imagination.
Buy Belle de Jour.
Runners-up: Contempt (1963); I Am Curious (Yellow), released in 1967; I Am Curious (Blue), released in 1968.

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