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01/26/06
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
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Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 32 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Synopsis: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE is Luis Buñuel's scathing and surrealistic political comedy masterpiece about a wealthy group of friends repeatedly prevented from beginning their elaborate dinner by increasingly strange events. No matter how hard they try to enjoy the meal and the... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Fernando Rey, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Paul Frankeur
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Top Critic
A delicious comedy of manners, Bunuel's Oscar winner is a descendant of the audaciously surreal Golden Age and disturbingly allegorical Exterminating Angel, without the anger or scandal--a light satire of the trivial and conformist bourgeois lifestyle.
03/02/07
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07/22/06
Bunuel was at the height of his powers with this satirical farce that explodes the distance between all things personal and political. “The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie” is a timeless and enigmatic masterpiece that psychologically alters its audience
09/14/05
There are masterpieces scattered among Buñuel’s French films like confetti, but here one of cinema’s most brilliant directors made the most brilliant film of his career.
08/04/05
Não apenas um olhar cínico (e divertido) sobre nossas fachadas sociais, mas também uma brincadeira inteligente com a própria linguagem do Cinema.
05/29/05
Buñuel repeatedly takes on the gross presumptuousness of his characters--their unwillingness to admit defeat and to take things only at face value.
09/13/03
One of Luis Bunuel's greatest and funniest films, and the winner of a Best Foreign Film Oscar, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a brilliant surrealistic joke about a group of friends whose attempts to dine are continually thwarted.
07/30/03
Top Critic
In his 1972 comedy The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, one of cinema’s most brilliant directors made the most brilliant film of his career.
02/23/03
Take a look again at its dream sequences, especially the nocturnal one involving the young man in the side street, and you will see a master disturber still at work.
01/16/03
retains elements of surrealism while remaining one of the more accessible and playful of his films.
09/18/02
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08/09/02
The discreet charm of Luis Buñuel is that he kind of likes the targets of his satirical volleys, even as he mercilessly skewers their pretensions, their hypocrisies and their monstrous moral crimes.
04/03/02
A satirical drama by Luis Bunuel about the absurdities of class elitism.
02/07/02
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