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Dominican Rep. Belle toujours
- Original title
- Belle toujours
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 70 min.
- Country
Portugal- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Portugal-France;
- Genre
- Drama | Sequel
- Synopsis
- 38 years after Luis Buñuel's Belle de jour, two characters from the film meet again in the strangeness of a secret which was only in the possession of the masculine character and a knowledge that had become crucial to the female character. Although she tries to avoid him, he stalks her and eventually manages to gain her attention with the intention of revealing the secret. They set a meeting, a dinner, where she, now a widow, awaits the expected revelation: what he had told her husband while he was mute and paralytic because of a gunshot fired by a lover of hers. The situation is tense and she ends up in despair without being able to find out what really happened. It's his way of revenge for her never having given in to his desires.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2007: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Michel Piccoli)
- Critics' reviews
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"'Belle Toujours' lets us peer at one master embroidering on the legacy of another master."
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"The 98-year-old [director] Oliveira addresses the beauty and cruelty of aging with such subtlety that the movie is worth taking on its own terms, as the hard-earned musings of its creator."
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"Falls too often into didactic post-game analysis for its delicate mysteries to retain their luster."
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"[This] sequel to the classic Belle de Jour well demonstrates de Oliveira's undiminished cinematic style and humor, including several surrealistic touches and nods to various elements of Bunuel's classic."
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"Oliveira's short but sweet rumination on growing old and the fading of sexual desire is not only high-concept, but one of his most watchable."
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"The film is a maddening mix of mild fascination and boredom. Bulle Ogier plays Séverine, as Deneuve opted not to reprise her role. Without her, the film lacks the required frisson."
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