The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

1972-09-15 · 101 min · Rating 7.50/10 (901 votes)

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.

Comedy

Keywords

absurd anarchic comedy bishop bourgeoisie date dinner diplomat dream within a dream dreams drink drug trafficking guest nightmare oneiric restaurant satire small talk surreal surrealism terrorism unexpected situation upper class

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