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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

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7.5/10 • 842

1972-09-151h 41m

Comedy

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.

Directors
Luis Buñuel
Editors
Hélène Plemiannikov

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  1. Fernando Rey

    Fernando Rey

    Don Rafael

  2. Delphine Seyrig

    Delphine Seyrig

    Simone Thévenot

  3. Paul Frankeur

    Paul Frankeur

    François Thévenot

  4. Stéphane Audran

    Stéphane Audran

    Alice Sénéchal

  5. Bulle Ogier

    Bulle Ogier

    Florence

  6. Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Henri Sénéchal

  7. Julien Bertheau

    Julien Bertheau

    Monsignor Dufour

  8. Claude Piéplu

    Claude Piéplu

    Colonel

  9. Michel Piccoli

    Michel Piccoli

    Interior Minister

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talisencrw

Aug 15, 2016

10/10

This came in the outstanding 10-DVD boxed set 'Rialto Pictures: 10 Years', one of the finest things I've bought from The Criterion Collection (and a great deal too, one I'd heartily endorse). I had to wait an entire day, after watching the dreadful 'Disaster Movie', to get the acrid taste out of my mouth to watch this one, by my fourth favourite director ever ('Viridiana' is still probably my favourite of his, though). Luckily it had three of my favourite French actors from the period, in Bulle Ogier (just check out 'Maitresse' if you don't understand why), Delphine Seyrig and Fernando Rey (for the two 'French Connection' films alone)--even though for a director of Bunuel's strength, any actors could have sufficed. It's the ideas that stand out most triumphantly. It's most known for being Bunuel's Oscar-winner for Best Foreign Language Film, but its OTHER nomination is what's almost neglected when people talk about him. Yes, they talk about Bunuel the director, or (from David Thomson) Bunuel the photographer, but people never realize his two nominations for the Calanda, Spain-native were never for director, but for writing (with another nod for his swan song, 'The Obscure Object of Desire').

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$800,000.00
Revenue
$103,230.00
Keywords
diplomatdreamsnightmareupper classdatedrug traffickingguestbishoprestaurantsurrealbourgeoisiesatiresurrealismdinnerterrorismdrinkoneiricdream within a dreamsmall talkanarchic comedyabsurdunexpected situation