Belle Du Jour 1967In what may or may not be a dream scene (but what parts of the movie couldn’t be construed as either a dream or a fantasy) the incomparable Catherine Deneuve as Severine/Belle Du Jour, the haute bourgeois housewife turned daytime prostitute accepts the invitation of a sinister, decadent Duke to take part in a ‘very moving ritual’ at his country Chateau.
31 thoughts on “Dreams of Desire 17 (Belle Du Jour)”
I have a confession to make. I kept reading your blog name as, “Cake for Breakfast,” because that’s exactly what I would do. I love Catherine. She is still a stunning beauty after all these years. I was telling a friend recently that we should hang out in coffins for fun. She thought it would be great fun. I wonder where we got that idea.
Well cake is for any time. It’s from a comedy sketch and I liked the absurdity of it, plus I connected to Marie Antoinette and also the Marquis De Sade’s famous sweet tooth, he was constantly asking his wife when he was in prison to send him cake, as well as other things. I have a sweet tooth as well
As for Catherine Deneuve she is one of my favorites, she is still stunning even now, compare her to Brigitte Bardot who hasn’t aged well at all, she seems perfectly charming and natural, she is the epitome of class. She was the perfect ice maiden because it seemed like she had an untouchable, pure core that never be sullied
Wow I will have to see this movie. Have a running joke about DeNeuve, we have an Aussie Jewish friend who loves her eve though she is 20+ years his senior. Once he claimed to have run into her in a grocery store in the Upper West Side (Manhattan) Gristledes and we were like, Dan I don;t think so. She surely lives in Paris and has someone do her shopping for her.
She lives in a chateau outside of Paris…I have seen her interviewed in England and she seems charming…I am a huge admirer (obviously) and wish I had seen in her shopping you’re man Dan is lucky (though you are probably right)
I think I would freeze if I met her…I met Helen Mirren once and I was in awe…now with Deneuve it would be even worse, and i am not someone who gets starstruck
I like Helen Mirren she probably isn’t very well know other your way but a classy lady…I have run into a fair few in my working career…usually dont leave a great impression
The movie is great one of my favourites. Luis Bunuel’s second French period is amazing late blooming…Deneuve is stunning…The scene that the still is from is very funny…pure Baudelaire and Poe
Deneuve is in a polanski movie from 65 called Repulsion, a very disturbing movie,Deneuve is a repressed Belgian girl in London undergoing a crisis…very good though as I mentioned in my earlier Deneuve post she seems to bring the sadist out in directors, she is the ideal heroine that never was of a Hitchcock movie
Maybe she refused. Or maybe she didn’t speak English? He also had enough women under contract with him who fit the bill. Now he might have been weird, a bit of a stalker, very possessive of his women, and sadistic, but it was so worth it for those films he made.
![1149213[1]](https://cakeordeathsite.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11492131.jpg?w=656)
cakeordeathsite 
I have a confession to make. I kept reading your blog name as, “Cake for Breakfast,” because that’s exactly what I would do. I love Catherine. She is still a stunning beauty after all these years. I was telling a friend recently that we should hang out in coffins for fun. She thought it would be great fun. I wonder where we got that idea.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well cake is for any time. It’s from a comedy sketch and I liked the absurdity of it, plus I connected to Marie Antoinette and also the Marquis De Sade’s famous sweet tooth, he was constantly asking his wife when he was in prison to send him cake, as well as other things. I have a sweet tooth as well
LikeLiked by 1 person
As for Catherine Deneuve she is one of my favorites, she is still stunning even now, compare her to Brigitte Bardot who hasn’t aged well at all, she seems perfectly charming and natural, she is the epitome of class. She was the perfect ice maiden because it seemed like she had an untouchable, pure core that never be sullied
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love those classically trained actors (and dancers). They know how to present themselves.
LikeLiked by 1 person
it is hard to imagine some like Deneuve thriving in today’s culture…she has kept her integrity and dignity…i am not sure that’s allowed anymore
LikeLiked by 2 people
Not allowed at all. Sadness all around.
LikeLike
But why did the bring the Stars down to earth, i preferred it when they were over our heads in the sky, beautiful and unreachable
LikeLiked by 2 people
Whatever happened to Bardot. that was the worst aging we’ve seen. Yes, Deneuve ages gracefully
LikeLike
And she kept acting in every decade…she has kept her dignity and her private life private
LikeLike
Wow I will have to see this movie. Have a running joke about DeNeuve, we have an Aussie Jewish friend who loves her eve though she is 20+ years his senior. Once he claimed to have run into her in a grocery store in the Upper West Side (Manhattan) Gristledes and we were like, Dan I don;t think so. She surely lives in Paris and has someone do her shopping for her.
LikeLiked by 1 person
She lives in a chateau outside of Paris…I have seen her interviewed in England and she seems charming…I am a huge admirer (obviously) and wish I had seen in her shopping you’re man Dan is lucky (though you are probably right)
LikeLiked by 1 person
He was definitely having a fantasy. Maybe he saw her doppleganger.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think I would freeze if I met her…I met Helen Mirren once and I was in awe…now with Deneuve it would be even worse, and i am not someone who gets starstruck
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha ha. Haven’t really run into stars, certainly not any I admire.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I like Helen Mirren she probably isn’t very well know other your way but a classy lady…I have run into a fair few in my working career…usually dont leave a great impression
LikeLike
well Mirren is known here. There are not many stars today I would want to meet. I was a big fan of Jodi foster when she was young.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Mirren is very classy…agreed…but then again the past is a foreign country
LikeLike
The movie is great one of my favourites. Luis Bunuel’s second French period is amazing late blooming…Deneuve is stunning…The scene that the still is from is very funny…pure Baudelaire and Poe
LikeLiked by 1 person
the other film I have to see is the Vampire Killers is that the title, by Polanski
LikeLike
Deneuve is in a polanski movie from 65 called Repulsion, a very disturbing movie,Deneuve is a repressed Belgian girl in London undergoing a crisis…very good though as I mentioned in my earlier Deneuve post she seems to bring the sadist out in directors, she is the ideal heroine that never was of a Hitchcock movie
LikeLike
oh yes I have seen that. I must have forgotten it was she. Why didn’t Hitchcock ever use her in a film? She was his type.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Definitely…i don’t know why
LikeLike
Maybe she refused. Or maybe she didn’t speak English? He also had enough women under contract with him who fit the bill. Now he might have been weird, a bit of a stalker, very possessive of his women, and sadistic, but it was so worth it for those films he made.
LikeLike
Her English is servicable…she appeared in The Hunger with David Bowie and Susan Sarandon…
LikeLike
Right, heard of that but have not seen it
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s an enjoyable lesbian vampire movie
LikeLike
I love Catherine Deneuve. I was once obsessed with her 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
You and me both, have you seen this movie?
LikeLiked by 1 person
I have not. It was on years ago, and I meant to watch it, but alas . . . maybe someday. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
It is excellent and she is perfection in the movie
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person