Belle de Jour & Belle Toujours
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Double disc DVD of two complimentary films by Luis Buñuel and Manoel de Oliveira.
Belle de Jour is a remarkably poised and sublime fantasy from Luis Buñuel, who follows housewife Severine (Catherine Deneuve) behind closed doors and into her secret double-life as a prostitute who acts out her own S&M fantasies by catering to her clients.
Forty years after Catherine Deneuve explored her sexual fantasies as Severine in Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour, Manoel de Oliveira mischievously revisits the 1967 masterpiece with his film Belle Toujours. Severine is now played by a blonde-wigged Bulle Ogier (who has her own scandalous cinematic past thanks to Barbet Schroeder's Maitresse), and she's not at all pleased to find herself pursued by former client Henri (played once again by Belle de Jour's Michel Piccoli). This is not a sequel but a sly and subtle tribute to the original film, with De Oliveira finding his own way to reveal the characters' perversities.
To win one of two copie just email us with the name of the actor who plays Henri in both films:competitions@ica.org.uk. Competition closes midday 1 July 2009, winners will be notified by email.
ICA Films
2 Discs
Belle de Jour
Dir Luis Buñuel, France 1967, 102 mins, certificate 18
Belle Tojours
Dir Manoel De Oliveira, Portugal/France 2006, 69 mins, certificate 15
Both discs PAL Region 2
French with English subtitles
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