The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

  • PG
  • 09/15/1972 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 41m

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.

Luis Buñuel

Director, Screenplay

Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenplay

Cast

Fernando Rey's headshot

Fernando Rey

Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig's headshot

Delphine Seyrig

Simone Thévenot
Paul Frankeur's headshot

Paul Frankeur

François Thévenot
Stéphane Audran's headshot

Stéphane Audran

Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier's headshot

Bulle Ogier

Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel's headshot

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Henri Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau's headshot

Julien Bertheau

Monsignor Dufour
Claude Piéplu's headshot

Claude Piéplu

Colonel

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