The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
102 min
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.
- Release date
- September 15, 1972
- Country of origin
- Spain, Italy, France
- Budget
- $800,000
- Box office
- $103,230
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Cast
- Fernando Rey as Don Rafael Acosta
- 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 Vukotic 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
- Robert Benoît as (uncredited)
- Anne-Marie Deschodt as (uncredited)
- Ellen Bahl as (uncredited)
- Jean Degrave as (uncredited)
- Sébastien Floche as (uncredited)
- Claude Jaeger as (uncredited)
- Pierre Lary as (uncredited)
- Alix Mahieux as (uncredited)
- Robert Party as (uncredited)
- Maria Gabriella Maione as Guerrilla
Crew
- Luis Buñuel · Director
- Luis Buñuel · Writer
- Jean-Claude Carrière · Writer
- Serge Silberman · Producer
- Edmond Richard · Cinematographer
- Hélène Plemiannikov · Editor
- Pierre Guffroy · Production designer