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Dominique Gonzalez Foerster & Tristan Bera's Belle Comme le Jour (2012) is a short film and prequel to Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour (1967) and Manoel de Oliveira's Belle toujours (2006). It's the story of Séverine before she married Pierre and became Belle de jour. Staying at the Hotel Regina next to rue de Rivoli, she goes to visit the Louvre and has a deeply disturbing conversation with a complete stranger which awakes her desire for a different ceremony.