But Belle de Jour is Bufiuel. Spanish Director Luis Bufiuel is 68, deaf and an acknowledged alcoholic; he has claimed that this—his 27th picture—will be his last.

A new restoration of the 1967 film “Belle de Jour” opens Friday. Below is The Times’ original review from Dec. 19, 1968. It is one of life’s surprising ironies that the great Spanish ...

In Brief: That most playful of surrealists Luis Buñuel had one of his greatest successes with his 1967 essay in erotica Belle de Jour — in part, I suspect, because it is one of his least ...

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In a similar way, audiences have been drawn back to Belle De Jour for 40 years, using the film as a spyhole into the mind and fantasies of this frustrated young woman.

It's widely recognized as one of the sexiest films ever, and now "Belle de Jour" is returning to the big screen for its 50th anniversary.

Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Belle de Jour Friday, May 9, at 8 p.m. at Phil Mechanic Studios, 109 Roberts St., River Arts District (upstairs in the Railroad Library).