The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

1972-09-15 France, Italy, Spain 101 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Fernando Rey is Don Rafael
Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig is Mme Thevenot
Mme Thevenot
Paul Frankeur is M. Thevenot
M. Thevenot
Stéphane Audran is Alice Sénéchal
Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier is Florence
Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel is M. Sénéchal
M. Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau is Monseigneur Dufour
Monseigneur Dufour
Claude Piéplu is Le Colonel
Le Colonel
Michel Piccoli is Le Ministre
Le Ministre
Pierre Maguelon is Le sergent de police
Le sergent de police
Maxence Mailfort is Traum-Sergeant
Traum-Sergeant