THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE

| 1972 (Re-released in 2021) – 102′ – Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Classic.
Written by: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière.
Directed by: Luis Buñuel.
Starring: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julien Bertheau, Claude Piéplu, Michel Piccoli.
2 Academy Award nominations (Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Film) (1973). Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film.
Official Selection COLCOA 2021 (Homage to Jean-Claude Carrière).
In French With English Subtitles.
A Lions Gates / Rialto Release. |

Luis Buñuel’s and Jean-Claude Carriere’s 1972 gleefully absurdist masterpiece, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, follows three upper-middle-class couples, brought to life by six French New Wave icons, in their frustrating, labyrinthine quest to actually partake of a meal. Their characters’ various desires continually thwarted, deferred or interrupted, the filmmakers gradually reveal the true colors of a decadent, decaying European aristocracy, thereby assaulting the values of the ruling class. Originally released at a time when an anti-establishment mindset, social unrest and political activism was at its height, Discreet Charm was Buñuel’s most successful film at the box office and the pinnacle of his career, earning an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, and named that year’s Best Film by the National Society of Film Critics.

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