This came in the outstanding 10-DVD boxed set 'Rialto Pictures: 10 Years', one of the finest things I've bought from The Criterion Collection (and a great deal too, one I'd heartily endorse). I had to wait an entire day, after watching the dreadful 'Disaster Movie', to get the acrid taste out of my mouth to watch this one, by my fourth favourite director ever ('Viridiana' is still probably my favourite of his,…
Top Cast
Fernando Rey
Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
Simone Thévenot
Paul Frankeur
François Thévenot
Stéphane Audran
Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier
Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Henri Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
Monsignor Dufour
Claude Piéplu
Colonel
Michel Piccoli
Interior Minister
François Maistre
Inspector Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
Police Sergeant
Maxence Mailfort
Sergeant Recounting Dream
Milena Vukotić
Ines
Maria Gabriella Maione
Guerrilla
Muni
Peasant
Georges Douking
Gardener
Reviews
It's quite a difficult film to review this, as it essentially has no real plot and very little structure. It is a series of dream sequences following a group of friends - each with some form of skeleton in their closet - as they try to meet for a dinner that repeatedly gets aborted. Fernando Rey is on good form as the Ambassador from the Republic of "Miranda" - a man living in fear for his life from revolutionaries…
FAQ about The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
What is The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie about?
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.
When was The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie released?
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie was released in 1972.
What genres does The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie belong to?
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is categorised as Comedy.
Who stars in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie?
The cast of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie includes Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Stéphane Audran, Bulle Ogier.