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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.

1972 |1h 41m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Fernando Rey

Don Rafael

cast

Delphine Seyrig

Simone Thévenot

cast

Paul Frankeur

François Thévenot

cast

Stéphane Audran

Alice Sénéchal

cast

Bulle Ogier

Florence

cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Henri Sénéchal

cast

Julien Bertheau

Monsignor Dufour

cast

Claude Piéplu

Colonel

cast

Michel Piccoli

Interior Minister

cast

François Maistre

Inspector Delecluze

cast

Pierre Maguelon

Police Sergeant

cast

Maxence Mailfort

Sergeant Recounting Dream

cast

Milena Vukotić

Ines

cast

Muni

Peasant

cast

Georges Douking

Gardener

cast

Christian Baltauss

Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin

cast

Bernard Musson

Waiter

cast

Jacques Rispal

Gendarme

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Robert Le Béal

Couturier

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Anne-Marie Deschodt

(uncredited)

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Ellen Bahl

(uncredited)

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Jean-Michel Dhermay

(uncredited)

cast

Jean Degrave

(uncredited)

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Sébastien Floche

(uncredited)

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Alix Mahieux

(uncredited)

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Robert Party

(uncredited)

cast

Amparo Soler Leal

(uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

French, Spanish

Budget

$800,000.00

Revenue

$103,230.00