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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the 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.

Comedy

Release: 1972-09-15Runtime: 101 minRating: 7.5 (901)

Cast

Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

Simone Thévenot

Paul Frankeur

Paul Frankeur

François Thévenot

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Alice Sénéchal

Bulle Ogier

Bulle Ogier

Florence

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Henri Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau

Julien Bertheau

Monsignor Dufour

Claude Piéplu

Claude Piéplu

Colonel

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Interior Minister

François Maistre

François Maistre

Inspector Delecluze

Crew

Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenplay

Edmond Richard

Edmond Richard

Director of Photography

Hélène Plemiannikov

Editor

Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

Screenplay

Jacqueline Guyot

Costume Design

Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

Director

Serge Silberman

Serge Silberman

Producer

Albert Rajau

Assistant Production Design

Pierre Guffroy

Pierre Guffroy

Production Design

Arnie Gelbart

Arnie Gelbart

Assistant Director

Clips & Videos

Official Trailer [Subtitled]

Official Trailer [Subtitled]

Official Trailer - 40th Anniversary Reissue

Official Trailer - 40th Anniversary Reissue