The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
Release: 1972-09-15
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 7.5
Comedy
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 Countries
France
Production Companies
Greenwich Film Production
Cast
Fernando Rey
as Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
as Simone Thévenot
Paul Frankeur
as François Thévenot
Stéphane Audran
as Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier
as Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Henri Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
as Monsignor Dufour
Claude Piéplu
as Colonel
Michel Piccoli
as Interior Minister
François Maistre
as Inspector Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
as Police Sergeant
Maxence Mailfort
as Sergeant Recounting Dream
Milena Vukotić
as Ines
Muni
as Peasant
Georges Douking
as Gardener
Christian Baltauss
as Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Bernard Musson
as Waiter
Jacques Rispal
as Gendarme
Robert Le Béal
as Couturier
Anne-Marie Deschodt
as (uncredited)
Ellen Bahl
as (uncredited)
Jean-Michel Dhermay
as (uncredited)
Jean Degrave
as (uncredited)
Sébastien Floche
as (uncredited)
Alix Mahieux
as (uncredited)
Robert Party
as (uncredited)
Amparo Soler Leal
as (uncredited)
Madeleine Bouchez
as Tea Salon Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Edmond Richard
Director of Photography
Luis Buñuel
Screenplay
Luis Buñuel
Director
Serge Silberman
Producer
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Arnie Gelbart
Assistant Director
Odette Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Luis Buñuel
Sound Effects
Jean Lara
Unit Manager
Guy Villette
Sound Engineer
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor