L'Âge d'or (1930)

L'Âge d'or (1930)

A surrealist masterpiece. 1930-11-28 France 63 Min. PG-13
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Overview

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

Cast

Gaston Modot is The Man
Lya Lys is The Woman
The Woman
Caridad de Laberdesque is Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
Max Ernst is Bandit Leader in the Hut
Bandit Leader in the Hut
Lionel Salem is Duke of Blangis
Duke of Blangis
Germaine Noizet is Marquise of X
Marquise of X
Duchange is Orchestra Conductor
Orchestra Conductor
Bonaventura Ibáñez is Marquis of X
Jean Aurenche is Bandit (uncredited)
Bandit (uncredited)
Jacques Brunius is Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Luis Buñuel is (uncredited)
(uncredited)