Belle Toujours

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Audience Member A poor attempt to make a tribute to the classic drama. Catherine Deneuve was definitely missing in the title role, but she most likely had her reasons to decline her participation. It is good that Oliveira was able to convince Michel Piccoli to reprise the role of Henri Husson. But if I were him, I would hot have made this film without Catherine Deneuve reprising her role of Severine. The title was chosen smartly - Belle Toujours (A Beauty Forever) as a tribute to Belle De Jour (A Beauty for a Day). Too bad that the director could not move further than that. Nice views of Paris and good music, though. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Ah, another great film by Manuel de Oliveira. With the amazing grandpere, Michel Piccoli. I have nothing to say about this film, except EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member clocking in at a short 69 minutes the film opens up saying," a homage to luis bunel" but its more of a sequel of sorts to bunel's "belle du juor" even the lead returns to his role in this but alas catherine denueve is replaced by another very interesting. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member No entendi ni jota, quizas por lo surrealista o por las copas de mas de esa noche. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member hadn't watched the original but I really enjoyed this. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member If you found out that a sequel to Bunuel's classic 'Belle de Jour' had been made, you swear that the prospective director was batshit crazy. Talk about a hiding to nothing. Manoel de Oliveira's no hack. In fact, he's the eldest film maker still working prolifically - 101 years young! 'Belle Toujours' reunites Henri and Severine from the original. He's still hung up about their past, she tries to avoid him though her need to discover what he told her husband about her former life as a prostitute forces a confrontation, in which Henri extracts revenge he's waited four decades for. It's all rather slight, the pacing purposefully, rightfully slow as de Oliveira extracts the sense of growing old and the memories still harboured after all these years. The cinematography of Parisienne skylines or rain-soaked streets is superb and the two main performances are fine, though one wonders why Deneuve wasn't involved. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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