Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
Catherine Deneuve
as Séverine Serizy
Jean Sorel
as Pierre Serizy
Michel Piccoli
as Henri Husson
Geneviève Page
as Madame Anais
Pierre Clémenti
as Marcel
Françoise Fabian
as Charlotte
Macha Méril
as Renée
Muni
as Pallas
Maria Latour
as Mathilde
Claude Cerval
as (uncredited)
Michel Charrel
as Footman
Iska Khan
as Asian client
