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"In 'Belle de Jour' (1967), Luis Buñuel performs magic in plain view, like the best magicians. This is the film that illustrates that Catherine Deneuve is not only one of the world’s most beautiful women but a fine actress." --- William Friedkin Full Excerpt: "'Belle de jour' (1967) is...

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Drew Sydney24 days ago

I loved this film. I imagine it would have been quite provocative for its time, despite the lack of crude depictions as Friedkin points out

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George Mokray8 months ago

Saw Buñuel's "El" recently & was just blown away by it but then I like to think it was Buñuel who I saw as a five year old boy come out of the terraces of the orchard & hand me a fresh orange at the Hotel San José Purua, Mexico where he liked to go to write his scripts.

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Budd Shenkin8 months ago

In my top 10! Of course, I have to admit, my top 10 has now at least 30.... Still, what a great movie and Catherine Deneuve is totally beautiful. No wonder she was so popular in her work.

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Ah a timeline like this🥰 The Princess of Wales hosted a surprise tea party, this friday at Windsor Castle for fellow Three Peaks Challenge participants to celebrate their 'resilience and hope' and highlights the 'importance of the people who walk alongside us'❤️ This woman is always highlighting and celebrating Family, community togetherness and the unifying power of team work and resilience👌🏽 Every year, close to 30,000 people in the UK take part in the Three peaks challenge to support charities, to face a personal challenge or to support a cause dear to their heart. Yet, It is only this year for the first time ever, that this challenge has gotten so much exposure worldwide, thanks to ONE person among the 30,000 people who took part in this annual challenge and it was Catherine, Princess of Wales🔥 She was the first royal in British history to ever take part in it and complete it in the tight 24 hours deadline, and she is the one who gave this challenge a global platform by highlighting so many valiant participants whose stories no one would have ever heard about, without her. This is how Catherine has been reshaping and molding the Monarchy from the inside out, seamlessly and effectively👌🏽 Catherine has never resorted to tears, victimhood, scandal nor controversies to get the spotlight. She has naturally become the centre of the spotlight by being her vibrant, gorgeous, relatable, and always optimistic self. Her brand of Royalty is one that is rooted in consistent actions and in self-assured resilience and calm, and that is the energy that she projects on the Public as well🥰 Yes Catherine has the power to quiet the noise down and bring calm by only showing up in public and smiling, and that is a power that was unique to one royal woman before her, and that woman was Queen Elizabeth II❤️ Indeed, when you look at both women from two very different generations, you see that they share many similarities in the way they exemplify the resilient "keep calm and carry on" attitude to Royal life; in the way they steer clear of any drama and scandal, and in their unique ability to bring peace and calm to the British public in the midst of noise. The press erroneously likes to compare Catherine and Diana but these two have very little to nothing in common. Catherine has become a cornerstone of the Monarchy, an insider able to affect change within the Monarchy, something Diana could never achieve due to so much controversies and drama she had with the RF🔥 The difference in outcomes comes down to the nature of each women and their marriage as well. Diana came in the monarchy like a wrecking ball, too bright, too opinionated and too countrary, too soon. It did not help that her husband did not love nor care for her. Therefore, she saw the institution as the enemy and the institution automatically closed ranks and opposed a wall to her. She died an outsider looking in. In sharp contrast, Catherine came in the monarchy, like gentle and soothing breeze in a scorching summer heat. She was calm, patient, and quiet. She imitated William, her loving husband and kept her opinions to herself, while showing humility and an eagerness to learn👌🏽 She has NEVER been the one creating any scandal. On the countrary, Catherine has cultivated a reputation of "Peace" with a consistency that made the Institution realise that she was an asset and lower its guard, overtime. That is how Catherine, a commoner, broke the wall overtime that Diana, an aristocrat could never break: patience, humility and consistency of actions. She has surpassed Diana in reach and in influence🔥 In That, Catherine has become, together with William, a cornerstone on which the Monarchy rests. She is the indispensable human liaison between the public and the palace, the calm in any storm that the Monarchy weathers. William may be the head who will lead the insitution, but Catherine is the neck that guides the head one way or the other👌🏽 From the time they were 19 years old and became part of each other's lives, Catherine has steadily molded William using the patient and consistent "Middleton way of Life", and this impact is felt on the entire Monarchy today. In the same way, Catherine is molding their royal children who are the future of the Institution, and that in turn is impacting the future of the entire Monarchy FOR THE BETTER🔥 If today, the Monarchy's facade has gained so much popularity and changed from an austere family, to a relatable, humanised and vibrant family, it is thanks to Catherine and the family she has created with William. No one can take that credit away from her nor minimise its generational impact: Catherine has operated a very quiet yet historical revolution in the Monarchy and in its future; and no one ever saw that quiet Country girl coming☕️ #PrincessofWales

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