L'Âge d'or(1930)
A surrealist masterpiece.
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
Movie: L'Âge d'or
Top 10 Billed Cast
The Man
The Woman
Governor
Bandit (uncredited)
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