Film Review: BELLE DE JOUR (France 1968) ****

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A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.

Director:

Luis Buñuel (as Luis Bunuel)

Writers:

Joseph Kessel (novel) (as Joseph Kessel de l’Académie Française), Luis Buñuel(adaptation) (as Luis Bunuel) | 1 more credit »

BELLE DE JOUR begins innocently with a open horse carriage moving leisurely in the countryside driven by two horsemen.  The camera reveals a couple (Jean Sorel and Catherine Deneuve) seated at the back exchanging love talk.  “I love you so much,” and the retort, “I love you more.”  But when he kisses her, he finds her very cold.  The carriage is stopped and he drags her to a tree and strings her up to be whipped by the two horsemen.  Why this sudden brutality?

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