The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

09/15/1972 (FR) • 1h 41m

Comedy

Overview

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

Top Billed Cast

Fernando Rey

Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig

Simone Thévenot

Paul Frankeur

François Thévenot

Stéphane Audran

Alice Sénéchal

Bulle Ogier

Florence

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Henri Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau

Monsignor Dufour

Michel Piccoli

Interior Minister


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$800,000.00

Revenue

$103,230.00

Keywords

diplomat

dreams

nightmare

upper class

date

drug trafficking

guest

bishop

restaurant

surreal

bourgeoisie

satire

surrealism

dinner

terrorism

drink

oneiric

dream within a dream

small talk

anarchic comedy

absurd

unexpected situation

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