| Release Date: | May 1967 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins |
| Runtime: | 101 min |
| Cast: | Catherine Deneuve (Séverine Serizy, Belle de Jour) Jean Sorel (Pierre Serizy) Michel Piccoli (Henri Husson) Geneviève Page (Madame Anais) Pierre Clémenti (Marcel) Françoise Fabian (Charlotte) Macha Méril (Renee) Muni (Pallas) Maria Latour (Mathilde) Claude Cerval () Michel Charrel (Footman) Iska Khan (Asian client) Bernard Musson (Majordomo) Marcel Charvey (Prof. Henri) François Maistre (L'ensignant) |
Severine is a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage.
