Stunningly restored for the 50th anniversary, belle de jour is an elegant and erotic masterpiece and undoubtedly luis buñuel's most accessible film.screen icon catherine deneuve plays séverine, the glacially beautiful, sexually unfulfilled wife of a surgeon, whose blood runs icy with ennui until she takes a day job in a brothel'. '.strtoupper('t')here she meets a charismatic but sinister young gangster pierre clémenti, and ignites an obsession that will court peril.buñuel uses diffused lighting, dark colours, and shadows throughout the film to temper the gravity and emotional impact of each uncomfortable scene'. '.strtoupper('l')eft to our own imaginative devices, the result is a film that is highly unsettling, perverse, and inevitably tragic.special featuresthe last scripta story of perversion or emancipation'? '.strtoupper('i')nterview with dr sylvain mimouncommentary by professor peter w'. '.strtoupper('e')vansnew interview with jean claude carrièrenew masterclass with diego bunuel and jean claude carrièrenew trailerincludes 6 artcards