Summary
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.
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Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Séverine Serizy
Jean Sorel
Pierre Serizy
Michel Piccoli
Henri Husson
Geneviève Page
Madame Anais
Pierre Clémenti
Marcel
Françoise Fabian
Charlotte
Macha Méril
Renée
Maria Latour
Mathilde
Claude Cerval
(uncredited)
Michel Charrel
Footman
Bernard Musson
Majordomo
Marcel Charvey
Prof. Henri
François Maistre
L'ensignant
Francisco Rabal
Hyppolite
Georges Marchal
Graf
Francis Blanche
Monsieur Adolphe
Marc Eyraud
Barman (uncredited)
Bernard Fresson
Le grele (uncredited)