Tema: Film
Tip: Plakat

18 x 24 cm
Lepotica dana (franc. Belle de Jour) je francuski film iz 1967. u režiji Luisa Bunjuela, a u glavnim ulogama su Katrin Denev, Žan Sorel i Mišel Pikoli. Snimljen na osnovu istoimenog romana Žozefa Kesela, film govori o mladoj ženi koja odluči da popodneva provodi kao prostitutka dok joj je muž na poslu.

Naslov filma je igra reči na francuskom. Fraza `belle de nuit` je najbolje prevedena engleskom frazom `dama noći`, odnosno prostitutka. Severin radi kao prostitutka u toku dana tako da je `belle de jour`. To takođe može biti referenca za francusko ime za cvet ljiljan, što znači lepota dana, cvet koji cveta samo tokom dana. Radi se o prvom Bunjuelovom filmu u koloru, koji je ujedno i njegov najuspešniji i najpoznatiji nadrealni `klasik`. Američki režiser Martin Skorseze je 1995. promovisao ograničeno ponovno puštanje u Americi i DVD izdanje 2002. Godine 2010. filmski časopis rangirao je Lepoticu dana na 56. mesto liste 100 najboljih filmova svetske kinematografije. Film je osvojio Zlatnog lava i nagradu Pasineti za najbolji film na Filmskom festivalu u Veneciji 1967. Mnoge od kostima koje Katrin Denev nosi u filmu dizajnirao je Iv Sen Loran.

Severin Serizi, mlada i lepa domaćica nije u stanju da deli fizičku intimnost sa svojim suprugom, Dr. Pjerom Serizijom, uprkos njihovoj međusobnoj ljubavi. Njen seksualni život je ograničen na razradi fantazija koje uključuju dominaciju, sadomazohizam, i ropstvo. Iako frustriran frigidnošću njegove žene prema njemu, Pjer poštuje njene želje.

Tokom posete skijaškom centru oni sreću dva prijatelja, Anrija Husona i Rene. Severin ne voli način na koji Huson gleda u nju. Nazad u Parizu, Severin se sastaje sa Renee i saznaje da zajednička prijateljica, Henrijeta, sada radi u bordelu. U svom domu, Severin dobija ruže od Husona i biva uznemirena tim gestom. Na teniskom terenu, ona sreće Husona i oni razgovaraju o Henrijeti i kući zadovoljstva. Huson pominje Severin visoko-klasni bordel na adresi 11 Cité Jean de Saumur. On joj takođe priznaje svoju želju za njom, ali Severin odbacuje njegove izjave.

Progonjena sećanjima iz detinjstva koja uključuju njenog oca, Severin odlazi u visoko-klasni bordel, koji vodi madam Anajs. Tog popodneva Severin uslužuje njenog prvog klijenta. Oklevajući u početku, ona reaguje na čvrstu ruku madam Anajs, koja joj daje nadimak `lepotica dana`, i potom ima seks sa strancem. Nakon pauze od nedelju dana, Severin se vraća u bordel i počinje da radi od dva do pet sati svakog dana, vraćajući se svom mužu bezazleno u večernjim časovima. Jednog dana dolazi Huson da je poseti kod kuće, ali Severin odbija da ga vidi. Ipak ona fantazira o seksu sa njim u prisustvu njenog muža. Ironično, fizički odnos Severine sa njenim mužem se popravlja i ona počinje da spava s njim.

Severin se udružuje sa maldim gangsterom Marselom koji joj nudi vrstu uzbuđenja od njenih fantazija. Kada Marsel postaje sve zahtevniji i ljubomoran, Severin odlučuje da napusti bordel, sa pristankom Madam Anajs. Severin je takođe zabrinuta zbog Husona koji zna za njen tajni život u bordelu. Jedan od Marselovih gangsterskih saradnika prati Severin do njenog doma, a uskoro je i sam Marsel posećuje i preti da će otkriti njen tajni život njenom mužu. Severin ga ubeđuje da napusti njen dom i nakon nekog vremena on to i čini. Marsel potom sačeka Pjera da se vrati kući i puca na njega tri puta pre bekstva. Ipak, policija ga na kraju prati i ubija. Pjer preživljava, ali ostaje u komi. Policija nije u stanju da pronađe motiv za pokušaj ubistva. Posle nekog vremena Severin vodi kućnu brigu o Pjeru koji je sada potpuno paralizovan i u invalidskim kolicima. Huson ga posećuje i kaže Pjeru istinu o tajnom životu njegove supruge; ona ne pokušava da ga zaustavi. Nakon toga, Severin sanja da je njen muž ponovo zdrav i oni su srećni.

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Belle de Jour is a 1967 drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli. Based on the 1928 novel Belle de jour by Joseph Kessel, the film is about a young woman who spends her midweek afternoons as a high-class prostitute, while her husband is at work.[3]

The title of the film is a play on words on the French term belle de nuit (`beauty of the night`, i.e., a prostitute), as Séverine works during the day under the pseudonym `Belle de Jour`. Her nickname can also be interpreted as a reference to the French name of the daylily (Hemerocallis), meaning `beauty of [the] day`, a flower that blooms only during the day.

Belle de Jour is one of Buñuel`s most successful and famous films. It won the Golden Lion and the Pasinetti Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival in 1967.

Séverine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve), a young and beautiful housewife, is unable to share physical intimacy with her husband, Dr. Pierre Serizy (Jean Sorel), despite their love for each other. Her sexual life is restricted to elaborate fantasies involving domination, sadomasochism, and bondage. Although frustrated by his wife`s frigidity toward him, he respects her wishes.

While visiting a ski resort, they meet two friends, Henri Husson (Michel Piccoli) and Renée (Macha Méril). Séverine does not like Husson`s manner and the way he looks at her. Back in Paris, Séverine meets up with Renée and learns that a common friend, Henriette, now works at a brothel. At her home, Séverine receives roses from Husson and is unsettled by the gesture. At the tennis courts, she meets Husson and they discuss Henriette and houses of pleasure. Husson mentions a high-class brothel to Séverine at 11 Cité Jean de Saumur. He also confesses his desire for her, but Séverine rejects his advances.

Haunted by childhood memories, including one involving a man who appears to touch her inappropriately, Séverine goes to the high-class brothel, which is run by Madame Anaïs (Geneviève Page). That afternoon Séverine services her first client. Reluctant at first, she responds to the `firm hand` of Madame Anaïs, who names her `Belle de Jour,` and has sex with the stranger. After staying away for a week, Séverine returns to the brothel and begins working from two to five o`clock each day, returning to her unsuspecting husband in the evenings. One day, Husson comes to visit her at home, but Séverine refuses to see him. Still, she fantasizes about having sex with him in her husband`s presence. At the same time, Séverine`s physical relationship with her husband is improving and she begins having sex with him.

Séverine becomes involved with a young criminal, Marcel (Pierre Clémenti), who offers her the kind of thrills and excitement of her fantasies. When Marcel becomes increasingly jealous and demanding, Séverine decides to leave the brothel, with Madame Anaïs`s agreement. Séverine is also concerned about Husson, who has discovered her secret life at the brothel. After one of Marcel`s associates follows Séverine to her home, Marcel visits her and threatens to reveal her secret to her husband. Séverine pleads with him to leave, which he does, referring to her husband as `the obstacle`.

Marcel waits downstairs for Pierre to return home and shoots him three times. Marcel then flees but is shot dead by police. Séverine`s husband survives but is left in a coma. The police are unable to find a motive for the attempted murder. Sometime later Séverine is at home taking care of Pierre, who is now paralysed, blind and in a wheelchair. Husson visits Pierre to tell him the truth about his wife`s secret life; she does not try to stop him. Afterwards, Séverine, looking at Pierre, who is crying, begins to daydream that Pierre is suddenly in perfect health. He asks what she is thinking about. She replies, `About you, Pierre`.