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Belle de jour, Martin Scorsese presents ; Miramax Zoë ; co-production Paris Film Production, Five Film Rome ; Robert et Raymond Hakim présentent ; un film de Luis Buñuel ; adaptation et dialogue, Luis Buñuel et Jean-Claude Carriere ; un production Robert et Raymond Hakim

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MPAA rating: Rated R

Belle de jour

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Martin Scorsese presents ; Miramax Zoë ; co-production Paris Film Production, Five Film Rome ; Robert et Raymond Hakim présentent ; un film de Luis Buñuel ; adaptation et dialogue, Luis Buñuel et Jean-Claude Carriere ; un production Robert et Raymond Hakim

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Severine is a repressed, bored housewife, afraid of intimacy. Her husband, Pierre is kind, devoted, and understanding. Severine is aroused by the idea of domination and debasement, and gentle Pierre is hardly the type of person who would treat her cruelly in order to receive sexual gratification. Following the example of an acquaintance, she begins a double life as the girl called Belle de Jour, in the brothel run by Madame Anais. Her otherwise placid domestic life is threatened when an obsessed client, unable to possess her completely, begins to stalk her

Opening credits/Confounding thoughts of pain -- Boring Husson -- Older friend and older profession -- Unsettling nerves -- "Cute Compulsion" -- "Madame Anaïs Modes" -- Mr. Adolphe's christening -- Remorse and expiation -- Pleasing the professor? -- Growing at ease -- Duke in mourning -- Evolving emotions -- Fear and passion -- Closeness from afar -- Quieting Marcel's desires -- Chocolates for Pierre -- Belle departs -- Marcel's vengeance -- Return to dreams

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live action