The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

7.5

1972

1h 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.

Key Crew

Director

Luis Buñuel

Producers

Serge Silberman

Writers

Luis Buñuel

Jean-Claude Carrière

Cinematography

Edmond Richard

Cast (38)

Fernando Rey

Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig

Simone Thévenot

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