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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

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.
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Luis Buñuel profile
Luis Buñuel

Director

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Luis Buñuel

Screenplay

Cast

Fernando Rey profile
Fernando Rey

Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig profile
Delphine Seyrig

Mme Thevenot

Paul Frankeur profile
Paul Frankeur

M. Thevenot

Stéphane Audran profile
Stéphane Audran

Alice Sénéchal

Bulle Ogier profile
Bulle Ogier

Florence

Jean-Pierre Cassel profile
Jean-Pierre Cassel

M. Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau profile
Julien Bertheau

Monseigneur Dufour

Claude Piéplu profile
Claude Piéplu

Le Colonel

Michel Piccoli profile
Michel Piccoli

Le Ministre

François Maistre profile
François Maistre

Delecluze

Pierre Maguelon profile
Pierre Maguelon

Le sergent de police

Maxence Mailfort profile
Maxence Mailfort

Traum-Sergeant

Fernando Rey profile
Fernando Rey

Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig profile
Delphine Seyrig

Mme Thevenot

Paul Frankeur profile
Paul Frankeur

M. Thevenot

Stéphane Audran profile
Stéphane Audran

Alice Sénéchal

Bulle Ogier profile
Bulle Ogier

Florence

Jean-Pierre Cassel profile
Jean-Pierre Cassel

M. Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau profile
Julien Bertheau

Monseigneur Dufour

Claude Piéplu profile
Claude Piéplu

Le Colonel

Michel Piccoli profile
Michel Piccoli

Le Ministre

François Maistre profile
François Maistre

Delecluze

Pierre Maguelon profile
Pierre Maguelon

Le sergent de police

Maxence Mailfort profile
Maxence Mailfort

Traum-Sergeant

Extra

Release Date

September 15, 1972

Original Language

French, Spanish

Budget

$800,000.00

Production Company

Greenwich Film Production logo

Available On

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Videos

Official Trailer [Subtitled] thumbnail
Official Trailer [Subtitled]
Official Trailer - 40th Anniversary Reissue thumbnail
Official Trailer - 40th Anniversary Reissue

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