Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
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.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) is a comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel, released on September 15, 1972 with a runtime of 1h 41m. It stars Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur and Stéphane Audran. Viewers rate it 7.5 out of 10 across 935 ratings.
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Fernando Rey
as Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
as Simone Thévenot
Paul Frankeur
as François Thévenot
Stéphane Audran
as Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier
as Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Henri Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
as Monsignor Dufour
Claude Piéplu
as Colonel
Michel Piccoli
as Interior Minister
François Maistre
as Inspector Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
as Police Sergeant
Maxence Mailfort
as Sergeant Recounting Dream
Directed by Luis Buñuel, written by Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, produced by Serge Silberman.
Average viewer score of 7.5/10 from 935 ratings.
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,…
Reviewed on August 15, 2016
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 on good form as the Ambassador from the Republic of "Miranda" - a man living in fear for his life from revolutionaries…
Reviewed on September 19, 2022
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The main cast of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) includes Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Stéphane Audran and Bulle Ogier. The film was directed by Luis Buñuel. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie was released on September 15, 1972 and runs for 1h 41m.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) holds an average rating of 7.5 out of 10 from 935 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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