The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1972 • France
Starring Fernando Rey, Jean-Pierre Cassel, 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. Fernando Rey, Stéphane Audran, Delphine Seyrig, and Jean-Pierre Cassel head the extraordinary cast of this 1972 Oscar winner for best foreign-language film.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

    Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1972 • France
    Starring Fernando Rey, Jean-Pierre Cassel, 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 ima...

Extras

  • The Castaway on the Street of Providence

    Made by longtime Luis Buñuel friends Arturo Ripstein and Rafael Castanedo, EL NÁUFRAGO DE LA CALLE DE PROVIDENCIA (THE CASTAWAY ON THE STREET OF PROVIDENCE, 1970) is an affectionate portrait of the legendary Spanish filmmaker and THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE director, shown doing what he...

  • A Propósito de Buñuel

    This 98-minute documentary on the life and work of THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE director Luis Buñuel was created in 2000 by Jose Luis López-Linares and Javier Rioyo.