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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972)
Status: Released
Date: 1972-09-15
75%
874 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Spanish, French.
Countries:
France
Budget: $800,000.00
Revenue: $103,230.00
ProductionCompanies:
Greenwich Film Production
Movie: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Claude Piéplu
Colonel
Michel Piccoli
Interior Minister
François Maistre
Inspector Delecluze
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