Sansho the Bailiff - Dudley Andrew and Carole Cavanaugh (BFI Film Classics) Latin America 'Belle de Jour' Director: Luis

'Belle de Jour' Director: Luis Bunuel (1967) French/English subtitles 2 disc edition

examines its initial box office failure and subsequent cult status

in a Japan ravaged by civil war between rivalling shogunates

trans sex worker Sin-Dee has just been released from a short stint in jail to hear that her pimp boyfriend has been unfaithful

A life changing diagnosis first exposes fractures but also provides an opportunity for a renewal of affections

Sansho the Bailiff - Dudley Andrew and Carole Cavanaugh (BFI Film Classics) Latin America 'Belle de Jour' Director: Luis'Sansho the Bailiff by Dudley Andrew and Carole Cavanaugh' (BFI Film Classics paperback) Kenji Mizoguchi's heartbreaking tragedy is considered in new light by Andrew and Cavanaugh; whose joint expertise make for fascinating insights into the Japanese culture which inspired it and the art of the film itself, and offer compelling contemporary paralells.