an approval rating of 95%, based on 58 reviews, and an average rating of 8.6/10. Roger Ebert of RogerEbert.com gave the film 4 stars out of 4 and included it into his Great Movies list. Awards and nominations Home media American director Martin Scorsese promoted a 1995 limited re-release in America and a 2002 release on DVD. Legacy In 2006, the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira released Belle Toujours, imagining a future encounter between the characters of Séverine and Henri Husson from the original film. In 2010, Belle de Jour was ranked No. 56 in Empire magazine's list, The 100 Best Films of World Cinema. See also Sadism and masochism in fiction Surrealism References External links Belle de jour: Tough Love – an essay by Melissa Anderson at The Criterion Collection 1967 films 1967 drama films 1960s erotic drama films 1960s French films 1960s French-language films 1960s Italian films 1960s multilingual films 1960s psychological drama films 1960s Spanish-language films BDSM in films Films about adultery in France Films about prostitution in Paris Films about sexual repression Films based on French novels Films directed by Luis Buñuel Films produced by Robert and Raymond Hakim Films shot in Paris Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière French erotic drama films French multilingual films French psychological drama films French-language Italian films Golden Lion winners Italian erotic drama films Italian multilingual films Italian psychological drama films Spanish-language French films