Belle toujours (2006)
Country: PORT/FR
Technical: col/1.66:1 69m
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
Synopsis:
Husson glimpses Séverine in Paris and tracks her down, ultimately persuading her to join him for dinner.
Review:
Gossamer, cheeky would-be sequel to Belle de jour, with a Séverine who claims to have changed to the point of being ready to retreat to a convent, and a script which typically refuses to reveal what we and the characters most desire to find out (the object in the famous box, whether Husson ever told her husband about her daytime activities). Otherwise the film owes much of its short length to Dvorak's Eighth Symphony and shots of Paris by night. There is a playful running joke involving a pair of prostitutes in a bar.
Country: PORT/FR
Technical: col/1.66:1 69m
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
Synopsis:
Husson glimpses Séverine in Paris and tracks her down, ultimately persuading her to join him for dinner.
Review:
Gossamer, cheeky would-be sequel to Belle de jour, with a Séverine who claims to have changed to the point of being ready to retreat to a convent, and a script which typically refuses to reveal what we and the characters most desire to find out (the object in the famous box, whether Husson ever told her husband about her daytime activities). Otherwise the film owes much of its short length to Dvorak's Eighth Symphony and shots of Paris by night. There is a playful running joke involving a pair of prostitutes in a bar.
Country: PORT/FR
Technical: col/1.66:1 69m
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
Synopsis:
Husson glimpses Séverine in Paris and tracks her down, ultimately persuading her to join him for dinner.
Review:
Gossamer, cheeky would-be sequel to Belle de jour, with a Séverine who claims to have changed to the point of being ready to retreat to a convent, and a script which typically refuses to reveal what we and the characters most desire to find out (the object in the famous box, whether Husson ever told her husband about her daytime activities). Otherwise the film owes much of its short length to Dvorak's Eighth Symphony and shots of Paris by night. There is a playful running joke involving a pair of prostitutes in a bar.