"In the 1967 film ""Belle de Jour"", based on a 1928 novel by Joseph Kessel and directed by Luis Buuel, what part-time work is carried out by the main character played by Catherine Deneuve?"
Belle de Jour (film) begins to dream that Pierre is suddenly in perfect health. He asks what she is thinking about. She replies, "About you, Pierre." Belle de Jour (film) Belle de Jour () is a 1967 French 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. The title of the film is a pun on the French term, "belle de nuit" ("lady of the
Belle de Jour (novel) a coma, from which he eventually awakes. Marcel is arrested, but he refuses to talk, thereby saving Séverine's reputation. The police attribute the motive to the unidentified Belle de Jour, and Séverine lives in terror of the eventual discovery, which is made almost certain by her maid's recognition of Marcel from his visit to their house. Pierre leaves the hospital, but he is paralyzed from the waist down. Even though Séverine has been protected from the truth by Marcel's accomplice, Hipollyte, she ultimately decides to tell Pierre the what happened.. The 1967 film adaptation starred Catherine Deneuve and was directed