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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

7.5/10 1h 41m Sep 15, 1972
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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
Original Language FR
Budget $800,000
Revenue $103,230
Status Released
Popularity 1.4

Cast

Fernando Rey
Fernando Rey
Don Rafael
Popularity: 0.4
Delphine Seyrig
Delphine Seyrig
Simone Thévenot
Popularity: 0.8
Paul Frankeur
Paul Frankeur
François Thévenot
Popularity: 1.0
Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran
Alice Sénéchal
Popularity: 4.1
Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier
Florence
Popularity: 0.3
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Henri Sénéchal
Popularity: 0.6
Julien Bertheau
Julien Bertheau
Monsignor Dufour
Popularity: 0.7
Claude Piéplu
Claude Piéplu
Colonel
Popularity: 0.9
Michel Piccoli
Michel Piccoli
Interior Minister
Popularity: 1.4
François Maistre
François Maistre
Inspector Delecluze
Popularity: 0.4
Pierre Maguelon
Pierre Maguelon
Police Sergeant
Popularity: 1.3
Maxence Mailfort
Maxence Mailfort
Sergeant Recounting Dream
Popularity: 2.0

Key Crew

Screenplay Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel
Editor Hélène Plemiannikov
Director Luis Buñuel
Producer Serge Silberman

Production

Greenwich Film Production
FR

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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

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 10/10
Aug 15, 2016

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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10
Sep 19, 2022

It's quite a difficult film to review this, as it essentially has no real plot and very little structure. It is a series of dream sequences following a group of friends - each with some form of skeleton in their closet - as they try to meet for a dinner that repeatedly gets aborted. Fernando Rey is ... Read more

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Details
Release Date September 15, 1972
Runtime 1h 41m
Budget $800,000
Revenue $103,230
Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 1.4
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