Belle de Jour (1967)


in the whorehouse

Almadovar is one of our favorite directors, and Luis Buñuel is his favorite director. On the basis of that we watched the Buñuel film "Belle de Jour". It's about a bored Parisian housewife who daydreams of sado-masochistic sex and perverse dalliances. She takes a job as whore in the afternoons to alleviate her deviant desires. There's not any nudity in it, but it's still the most perverse film I've ever seen. I understand why Almadovar likes Buñuel so much, because the fetishism in this film was borderline disturbing. The colors and cinematography were gorgeous, the acting was excellent and the art direction immaculate. On the downside, I thought it was a little confusing, owing either to the script or the editing, I'm not sure which. I don't know that I'd say I recommended this movie, but it was interesting none the less, and I'm going to watch the other films of his that I downloaded.



perverted fantasy
- posted by Mason @ 6:22 PM