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Title:
Belle de jour [blu-ray]
Edition:
Blu-ray special ed.
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
ISBN:
9781604655049
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Based on the book by Joseph Kessel.
"Janus Films"--Container.
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.
Performers:
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clementi, Françoise Fabian, Macha Meril.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Language:
French
Additional Language:
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Added Corporate Author:
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
