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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972 Rated PG 1hr 41m

In Luis Buñuel's deliciously satiric, Oscar-winning masterpiece, an upper-class sextet (Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Stéphane Audran, Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Cassel) sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts repeatedly thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined. Perhaps his greatest film, Buñuel's absurdist view of the upper class is a timeless satire about consumerism and class privilege.

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Cast: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, more...

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Movie Details

Cast
Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julien Bertheau, Milena Vukotic
Director
Luis Buñuel
Genres
Classics, Foreign, Foreign Comedies, France, French Language, Foreign Languages, Foreign Regions, Foreign Classics
Language
French
This movie is
Deadpan, Cerebral
Format
DVD
Awards
TIME® Magazine List
  • All-TIME 100 Movies
1974 BAFTA®
1973 Golden Globe Awards
  • Best Foreign Language Film nominee
1973 Academy Award®
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Best Writing Original Screenplay nominee
Ratings
PG
Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
Bonus material
Screen formats

Full Screen 1.33:1

Subtitles

English

Closed captioned

No

Language and sound

French: Dolby Digital Mono

Other features

Color; no region code; interactive menus; scene access; enhanced for 16x9 TVs; El naufrago de la calle de Providencia (The Castaway on the Street of Providence, 1970): a 24-minute documentary homage to Bunuel by his longtime friends Arturo Ripstein and Rafael Castanedo; original theatrical trailer. More special features on The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: Bonus Disc.