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 has generally received very positive reviews.
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Belle de Jour was released in 1967 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 188 reviews, giving Belle de Jour (1967) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 85% and users giving an average score of 86%.
With a score of 78%, Belle de Jour is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1967, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1967 with similar scores include films like The Dirty Dozen and Wait Until Dark.
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