Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira was in his 90s when he made this homage to the surrealist Luis Bunuel film BELLE DE JOUR. Set 38 years after the original, Oliveira's film also stars Michel Piccoli as Henri Husson--a man just as sadistic as he was back in the erotic classic where he sought after and manipulated Catherine Deneuve's conflicted character, Severine.
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In their latest films, directors Manoel de Oliveira and Lisandro Alonso embark on new cinematic journeys by way of the past. Though formally divergent, both of these pieces are cinematic homages to films and filmmakers that have been a major influence on their work.
Belle toujours is master filmmaker de Oliveira's ingenious tribute to two cinematic greats, Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière. A sequel to Buñuel's Belle de jour, his film reunites the two main characters thirty-eight years later in Paris. Michel Piccoli is again cast as the acrimonious Henri, the keeper of the one secret Séverine is desperate to discover.
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