The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $800,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $103,230.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 10.095 |
Directed By
Luis Buñuel
Crew
Edmond Richard
Jacqueline Guyot
Hélène Plemiannikov
Luis Buñuel
Jean-Claude Carrière
Serge Silberman
Luis Buñuel
Albert Rajau
Pierre Guffroy
Jean Lara
Albert Rajau
Fernande Hugi
Arnie Gelbart
Pierre Lefait
Pierre Lary
Luis Buñuel
François Suné
Odette Berroyer
Gina Pignier
Suzanne Durrenberger
Ulrich Picard
Bernard Noisette
Jacques Carrère
Guy Villette
TOP CAST
Fernando Rey
Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
Mme Thevenot
Paul Frankeur
M. Thevenot
Stéphane Audran
Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier
Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel
M. Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
Monseigneur Dufour
Claude Piéplu
Le Colonel
Michel Piccoli
Le Ministre
François Maistre
Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
Le sergent de police
Maxence Mailfort
Traum-Sergeant
Milena Vukotić
Ines
Maria Gabriella Maione
Terroristin
Muni
Bäuerin
Georges Douking
Gärtner
Christian Baltauss
Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Bernard Musson
Serveur
Jacques Rispal
Un gendarme
Robert Le Béal
Couturier
Robert Benoît
(uncredited)
Anne-Marie Deschodt
(uncredited)
Ellen Bahl
(uncredited)
Jean-Michel Dhermay
(uncredited)
Jean Degrave
(uncredited)
Sébastien Floche
(uncredited)
Claude Jaeger
(uncredited)
Pierre Lary
(uncredited)
Alix Mahieux
(uncredited)
Robert Party
(uncredited)
Amparo Soler Leal
(uncredited)
Madeleine Bouchez
Une cliente du salon de thé (uncredited)
Roger Caccia
Le pianiste du salon de thé (uncredited)
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