The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Luis Buñuel
1972-09-15


7.5
101 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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Fernando Rey Don Rafael Unowned
Delphine Seyrig Mme Thevenot Unowned
Paul Frankeur M. Thevenot Unowned
Stéphane Audran Alice Sénéchal Unowned
Bulle Ogier Florence Unowned
Jean-Pierre Cassel M. Sénéchal Unowned
Julien Bertheau Monseigneur Dufour Unowned
Claude Piéplu Le Colonel Unowned
Michel Piccoli Le Ministre Unowned
François Maistre Delecluze Unowned
Pierre Maguelon Le sergent de police Unowned
Maxence Mailfort Traum-Sergeant Unowned
Milena Vukotić Ines Unowned
Maria Gabriella Maione Terroristin Unowned
Muni Bäuerin Unowned
Georges Douking Gärtner Unowned
Christian Baltauss Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin Unowned
Bernard Musson Serveur Unowned
Jacques Rispal Un gendarme Unowned
Robert Le Béal Couturier Unowned
Robert Benoît (uncredited) Unowned
Anne-Marie Deschodt (uncredited) Unowned
Ellen Bahl (uncredited) Unowned
Jean-Michel Dhermay (uncredited) Unowned
Jean Degrave (uncredited) Unowned
Sébastien Floche (uncredited) Unowned
Claude Jaeger (uncredited) Unowned
Pierre Lary (uncredited) Unowned
Alix Mahieux (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Party (uncredited) Unowned
Amparo Soler Leal (uncredited) Unowned
Madeleine Bouchez Une cliente du salon de thé (uncredited) Unowned
Roger Caccia Le pianiste du salon de thé (uncredited) Unowned
Olivier Bauchet Unowned
François Guilloteau Unowned
Jean-Claude Jarry Unowned
Jean Revel Unowned
Diane Vernon Unowned