The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
85
Balasaur Score
Balasaur Approved
1972 · Movie · 1h 41m · PG
The read
A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 93/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 618 1970s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
945 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis BuñuelDirector
- Luis BuñuelScreenplay
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
Cast
- Fernando ReyDon Rafael
- Delphine SeyrigSimone Thévenot
- Paul FrankeurFrançois Thévenot
- Stéphane AudranAlice Sénéchal
- Bulle OgierFlorence
- Jean-Pierre CasselHenri Sénéchal
- Julien BertheauMonsignor Dufour
- Claude PiépluColonel
- Michel PiccoliInterior Minister
- François MaistreInspector Delecluze
- Pierre MaguelonPolice Sergeant
- Maxence MailfortSergeant Recounting Dream
Stills
Themes
diplomatdreamsnightmareupper classdatedrug traffickingguestbishoprestaurantsurrealbourgeoisiesatire
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