Belle De Jour (1967)
Directed by Luis Buñuel · Cinematography by Sacha Vierny
Approved100 min61 frames
DramaRomance
Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!
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What is Belle De Jour about?
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
Belle de Jour is a 1967 surrealist erotic psychological drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Carrière. Based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Joseph Kessel, the film stars Catherine Deneuve in the leading role as Séverine, a young housewife who spends her midweek afternoons as a high-class prostitute, while her husband is at work. It co-stars Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli, and features Geneviève Page, Francisco Rabal, Pierre Clémenti, Francis Blanche and Georges Marchal in supporting roles.
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What does the cinematography of Belle De Jour look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Belle De Jour leans on medium shots (54% of the sample) and full-body frames (18%). Cinematographer Sacha Vierny keeps 70% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 85% of the frames play in daylight. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Belle De Jour (1967) are #32302b, #555149, #181717, #f0efed, #d5d3cc, #d6c8b1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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