Jean Sorel

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Jean Sorel and Catherine Deneuve as their characters lie side by side in bed, with Deneuve resting her head on Sorel's chest, in a scene from the film Belle de Jour.

Jean Sorel

French actor

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Belle de jour
…with her husband (played by Jean Sorel). When she hears about a brothel that employs housewives to ply their skills in secret, she makes the ominous decision to fulfill her fantasies by serving as a prostitute. The film’s shocking denouement, involving an encounter between Séverine’s husband and a jealous customer,…
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…with her husband (played by Jean Sorel). When she hears about a brothel that employs housewives to ply their skills in secret, she makes the ominous decision to fulfill her fantasies by serving as a prostitute. The film’s shocking denouement, involving an encounter between Séverine’s husband and a jealous customer,…
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