The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Original title: Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a 1972 French-language comedy movie directed by Luis Buñuel, with a running time of 1h 41m. It stars Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig and Paul Frankeur.
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.
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Cast
- Fernando Rey as Don Rafael
- Delphine Seyrig as Simone Thévenot
- Paul Frankeur as François Thévenot
- Stéphane Audran as Alice Sénéchal
- Bulle Ogier as Florence
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Henri Sénéchal
- Julien Bertheau as Monsignor Dufour
- Claude Piéplu as Colonel
- Michel Piccoli as Interior Minister
- François Maistre as Inspector Delecluze
- Pierre Maguelon as Police Sergeant
- Maxence Mailfort as Sergeant Recounting Dream