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 | 1.6145 |
Directed By
Luis Buñuel
Crew
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Serge Silberman
Jean-Claude Carrière
Edmond Richard
Hélène Plemiannikov
Jacqueline Guyot
Albert Rajau
Pierre Guffroy
Odette Berroyer
Fernande Hugi
Jean Lara
Ulrich Picard
Arnie Gelbart
Pierre Lary
Albert Rajau
François Suné
Luis Buñuel
Gina Pignier
Pierre Lefait
Jacques Carrère
Bernard Noisette
Guy Villette
Suzanne Durrenberger
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
Christian Baltauss
Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Bernard Musson
Waiter
Jacques Rispal
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
Tea Salon Patron (uncredited)
Roger Caccia
Tea Salon Pianist (uncredited)
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