| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages ;18 cm.) |
| Series |
The Luis Buñuel collection |
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Colección Luis Buñuel.
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| Summary |
Subtle, erotic film about a wealthy young surgeon's wife who indulges her masochistic fantasies by working as a part-time prostitute in a Paris brothel |
| Notes |
Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel |
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Special features: 30 minute documentary History of a film; commentary by professor Peter W. Evans; theatrical trailer, booklet containing essay and filmographies |
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Aspect ratio 1.77:1 anamorphic |
| Credits |
Photography, Sacha Vierny ; editor, Walter Spohr |
| Cast |
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture France/Italy : Paris Film Production/Five Film Rome, c1967 |
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BBFC classification: 18. Contains strong sexual theme and fetish scenes |
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DVD. Produced for region 2 |
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Colour recording system: PAL |
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In French with optional English subtitles |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979 -- Film and video adaptations
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Prostitutes -- France -- Drama.
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Prostitution -- France -- Drama.
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Sadomasochism -- Drama.
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Feature films -- France.
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| Genre/Form |
Lesbian films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983.
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Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-
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Hakim, Robert, 1907-1992.
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Hakim, Raymond, 1909-1980.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
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Sorel, Jean, 1934-
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Piccoli, Michel, 1925-
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Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979.
Belle de jour
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Optimum Releasing (Firm)
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Studio Canal+.
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