The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie poster

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie( 1972)

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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

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      Fernando Rey

      Don Rafael

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      Delphine Seyrig

      Mme Thevenot

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      Paul Frankeur

      M. Thevenot

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      Stéphane Audran

      Alice Sénéchal

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      Bulle Ogier

      Florence

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      Jean-Pierre Cassel

      M. Sénéchal

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      Julien Bertheau

      Monseigneur Dufour

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      Claude Piéplu

      Le Colonel

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      Michel Piccoli

      Le Ministre

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      François Maistre

      Delecluze

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      Pierre Maguelon

      Le sergent de police

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      Maxence Mailfort

      Traum-Sergeant

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      Milena Vukotić

      Ines

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      Maria Gabriella Maione

      Terroristin

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      Muni

      Bäuerin

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      Georges Douking

      Gärtner

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      Christian Baltauss

      Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin

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      Bernard Musson

      Serveur

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      Jacques Rispal

      Un gendarme

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      Robert Le Béal

      Couturier

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      Robert Benoît

      (uncredited)

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      Anne-Marie Deschodt

      (uncredited)

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      Ellen Bahl

      (uncredited)

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      Jean-Michel Dhermay

      (uncredited)

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      Jean Degrave

      (uncredited)

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      Sébastien Floche

      (uncredited)

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      Claude Jaeger

      (uncredited)

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      Pierre Lary

      (uncredited)

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      Alix Mahieux

      (uncredited)

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      Robert Party

      (uncredited)

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      Amparo Soler Leal

      (uncredited)

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      Madeleine Bouchez

      Une cliente du salon de thé (uncredited)

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      Roger Caccia

      Le pianiste du salon de thé (uncredited)

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      Olivier Bauchet

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      François Guilloteau

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      Jean-Claude Jarry

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      Jean Revel

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      Diane Vernon

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    A review by talisencrw

    10
    Written by talisencrw on Mon 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 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 (...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    800000.00

    Revenue

    103230.00

    Keywords

    • diplomat
    • dreams
    • nightmare
    • upper class
    • date
    • drug trafficking
    • guest
    • bishop
    • restaurant
    • surreal
    • bourgeoisie
    • satire
    • surrealism
    • dinner
    • terrorism
    • drink
    • dream within a dream
    • small talk
    • anarchic comedy
    • absurd
    • unexpected situation