The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

PG
1h 42m

Release Date: Oct 22, 1972

A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

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Director & Top Cast

Luis Buñuel
Director

Fernando Rey
Don Rafael Acosta

Delphine Seyrig
Simone Thévenot

Paul Frankeur
François Thévenot

Bulle Ogier
Florence

Stéphane Audran
Alice Sénéchal

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Henri Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau

Monsignor Dufour

Milena Vukotic

Ines

Maria Gabriella Maione

Guerrilla

Claude Piéplu

Colonel

Muni

Peasant

Pierre Maguelon

Police Sergeant

François Maistre

Inspector Delecluze

Michel Piccoli

Interior Minister

Ellen Bahl

Actor

Christian Baltauss

Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin

Olivier Bauchet

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Mono

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France,Italy,Spain

Language: French,Spanish,Latin

Summaries

Storyline

Several bourgeois friends planning to get together for dinner experience a succession of highly unusual occurrences that interfere with their expected dining enjoyment. — Ed Cannon A complex, shifting, virtually plotless web of dreams within dreams within dreams, centered around a group of six outwardly respectable upper-middle class members of society and their repeatedly thwarted attempts to have a meal together - the interruptions becoming more and more surreal as the film progresses. — Michael Brooke