Belle de Jour
1967, R, 100 min.
Directed by Luis Buñuel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Catherine Deneuve, Genevieve Page, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli.

One of master director Luis Buñuel’s most wry and elegant films, the tale of the beautiful young bride of a prosperous doctor who spends her days working in a Parisian brothel. After 28 years, the film’s wit still stings and Catherine Deneuve’s cool beauty still astonishes and mystifies.

This article appears in September 1 • 1995 (Cover).

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