The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

7.5
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 101 min
  • Premiere: 1972. September 15.

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.

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Fernando Rey

Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig

Simone Thévenot

Paul Frankeur

François Thévenot

Stéphane Audran

Alice Sénéchal

Bulle Ogier

Florence

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Henri Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau

Monsignor Dufour

Michel Piccoli

Interior Minister

François Maistre

Inspector Delecluze

Pierre Maguelon

Police Sergeant

Maxence Mailfort

Sergeant Recounting Dream

Muni

Peasant

Christian Baltauss

Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin

Jacques Rispal

Gendarme

Robert Le Béal

Couturier

Robert Benoît

(uncredited)

Anne-Marie Deschodt

(uncredited)

Ellen Bahl

(uncredited)

Jean-Michel Dhermay

(uncredited)

Jean Degrave

(uncredited)

Sébastien Floche

(uncredited)

Claude Jaeger

(uncredited)

Pierre Lary

(uncredited)

Alix Mahieux

(uncredited)

Robert Party

(uncredited)

Amparo Soler Leal

(uncredited)

Madeleine Bouchez

Tea Salon Patron (uncredited)

Roger Caccia

Tea Salon Pianist (uncredited)

Art

Albert Rajau

Assistant Production Design

Pierre Guffroy

Production Design

Albert Rajau

Assistant Art Director

François Suné

Property Master

Camera

Edmond Richard

Director of Photography

Bernard Noisette

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Jacqueline Guyot

Costume Design

Odette Berroyer

Makeup Artist

Fernande Hugi

Makeup Artist

Directing

Luis Buñuel

Director

Arnie Gelbart

Assistant Director

Pierre Lary

Assistant Director

Suzanne Durrenberger

Script Supervisor

Editing

Gina Pignier

Assistant Editor

Production

Ulrich Picard

Production Manager

Jean Lara

Unit Manager

Pierre Lefait

Location Manager

Sound

Luis Buñuel

Sound Effects

Jacques Carrère

Sound Mixer

Guy Villette

Sound Engineer

Writing

Luis Buñuel

Screenplay

Art

Albert Rajau

Assistant Production Design

Pierre Guffroy

Production Design

Albert Rajau

Assistant Art Director

François Suné

Property Master

Camera

Edmond Richard

Director of Photography

Bernard Noisette

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Jacqueline Guyot

Costume Design

Odette Berroyer

Makeup Artist

Fernande Hugi

Makeup Artist

Directing

Luis Buñuel

Director

Arnie Gelbart

Assistant Director

Pierre Lary

Assistant Director

Suzanne Durrenberger

Script Supervisor

Editing

Gina Pignier

Assistant Editor

Production

Ulrich Picard

Production Manager

Jean Lara

Unit Manager

Pierre Lefait

Location Manager

Sound

Luis Buñuel

Sound Effects

Jacques Carrère

Sound Mixer

Guy Villette

Sound Engineer

Writing

Luis Buñuel

Screenplay