Overview

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Séverine Serizy

Jean Sorel

Pierre Serizy

Michel Piccoli

Henri Husson

Geneviève Page

Madame Anais

Pierre Clémenti

Marcel

Françoise Fabian

Charlotte

Macha Méril

Renée

Muni

Pallas

Maria Latour

Mathilde

Claude Cerval

The Driver (uncredited)

Michel Charrel

Footman

Iska Khan

Asian Client