Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:16:21 GMT | By Tom Phillips and Francis Whittaker
The Venice Film Festival’s history of controversy

Belle de jour, 1967

Belle de jour, 1967 (© SNAP / Rex Features)
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  • Belle de jour, 1967 (© SNAP / Rex Features)
  • Michael Collins, 1996 (© Everett Collection / Rex Features)
  • Hundstage, 2001 (© Allegro Film)
  • The Sea Inside, 2004 (© Fine Line/Everett / Rex Features)
  • Brokeback Mountain, 2005 (© Focus/Everett / Rex Features)
  • Lust, Caution, 2007 (© Focus/Everett / Rex Features)
  • Lebanon, 2009 (© Sony Pics/Everett / Rex Features)
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Catherine Deneuve stars as a housewife who decides to work as a sado-masochistic prostitute in Luis Bunuel's erotically-charged masterpiece. It may not feature any actual sex scenes, but it was still considered shocking at the time.

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