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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
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
Pierre Maguelon
Police Sergeant
Maxence Mailfort
Sergeant Recounting Dream
Milena Vukotić
Ines
Maria Gabriella Maione
Guerrilla
Muni
Peasant
Georges Douking
Gardener
Christian Baltauss
Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Bernard Musson
Waiter
Jacques Rispal
Gendarme
Robert Le Béal
Couturier
Synopsis
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.
Where to watch
Academy Awards
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