| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm). |
| Playing Time |
014000 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical mono rda |
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Dolby Digital |
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video file Blu-ray video rda |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 593 |
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Criterion collection ; 593.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clementi, Françoise Fabian, Macha Meril. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sacha Vierny ; editor, Louisette Hautecœr. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. |
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Based on the book by Joseph Kessel. |
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"Janus Films"--Container. |
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Special features: Audio commentary featuring Michael Wood; new video piece featuring writer and sexual-politics activist Susie Bright and film scholar Linda Williams; new interview with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière; segment from the French television program Cinéma featuring inteviews with Carrière and actress Catherine Deneuve; original and release trailers; New English subtitle translation; booklet featuring an essay by critic Melissa Anderson and a 1970s interview with director Luis Buñuel. |
| Summary |
The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve hides a cracked interior in the actress's most iconic role: Severine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day. |
| Subject |
Housewives -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prostitution -- France -- Paris -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prostitutes -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Frigidity (Psychology) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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France -- Paris -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Drama.
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Erotic films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Erotic films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Foreign films, French.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983, screenwriter, director.
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Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931- screenwriter.
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Hakim, Robert, 1907-1992, producer.
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Hakim, Raymond, 1909-1980, producer.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- actor.
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Sorel, Jean, 1934- actor.
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Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020 actor.
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Page, Geneviève, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979.
Belle de jour.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Paris Film Production, production company.
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Five Film Rome, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515088817 |
| Music No. |
CC2100BD The Criterion Collection |
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