Belle de Jour in Real Life

Remember the Bunuel film Belle de Jour with Catherine de Neuve where she played a devoted wife who moonlighted as a prostitute during the day (hence the title)? Great film, funny, bizarre, disturbing… I highly recommend it, but…

catherine deneuve in belle de jour

I can’t remember if the husband ever finds out. Now check this out…

WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment’s employees. Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked at a store in a nearby town.

“I was dumfounded. I thought I was dreaming,” the husband told the newspaper Wednesday.

The couple, married for 14 years, are now divorcing, the newspaper reported.

All I can say is “sucks to be him.” I’m adding Belle de Jour to the ye olde Netflix queue. Here’s the original trailer for your viewing pleasure.

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