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  2. Belle de Jour (pronounced [bɛl də ʒuʁ]) is a 1967 French surrealist erotic psychological drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli. Based on the 1928 novel Belle de Jour by Joseph Kessel , the film is about a young woman who spends her midweek afternoons as a high-class prostitute ...

  3. Nov 17, 2009 · The real life former prostitute who is the basis for the Billie Piper TV series has revealed her true identity. Research scientist Dr. Brooke Magnanti has admitted she is "Belle de Jour",...

  4. Brooke Magnanti (born 5 November 1975) is an American-born naturalised British former research scientist, blogger, and writer, who, until her identity was revealed in November 2009, was known by the pen name Belle de Jour.

  5. Nov 20, 2009 · For several years, the true identity of Belle de Jour, author of a blog called Diary of a London Call Girl, had been a mystery. Journalists, always excited by mysteries, strove to find out...

  6. The film is based on a novel: “Belle de Jour” was adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Kessel. Buñuel’s interpretation added layers of complexity and surrealism to the original story, making it a unique cinematic experience.

  7. Jul 25, 1999 · It was Luis Bunuel's "Belle de Jour" (1967), the story of a respectable young wife who secretly works in a brothel one or two afternoons a week. Actors sometimes create "back stories" for their characters -- things they know about them that we don't.

  8. Belle de jour, French film drama, released in 1967, that was director Luis Buñuel’s most commercial film and one of the most erotic movies of the 1960s, though largely devoid of nudity. Catherine Deneuve played Séverine, a beautiful, wealthy, sheltered new bride in a socially advantageous but.

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