Belle de Jour: A Film. English Translation and Description of Action by Robert AdkinsonSeverine 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. |
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A Note on this Edition | 4 |
Buñuels Golden Bowl by Elliot Stein | 12 |
Belle de Jour by Andrew Sarris 21 2 2 2 | 21 |
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ANAIS angle medium close-up appears asks background becomes Belle de Jour beside Buñuel called Camera pans Camera pans left Camera tilts Camera tracks carrying CATHERINE changed CHARLOTTE close-up of SEVERINE closes coat comes continues corridor don't door drawing dressed DUKE eyes face feel film follows foreground forward front girls gives glass goes hand head hear heard High angle medium HIPPOLYTE holding HUSSON inside interest It's kisses landau leans leave lift living looks Madame MAID MARCEL MATHILDE Medium shot MICHIGAN MONSIEUR ADOLPHE moves never original script PALLAS Paris passes pause picks PIERRE PROFESSOR puts RENEE replies round says scene screened seated seems seen SEVERINE'S side sits slightly smile standing starts stops street suddenly surprised takes tell Thank thing turns voice waiting walks watch wearing What's women