The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

Starring Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur
Directed by Luis Buñuel
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.

Runtime: 101 min.     Rating: 7.6     DVD
Languages: French,Spanish
Countries: France,Italy,Spain
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: upper class,date,terrorist,dream,restaurant,nightmare,surreal,bourgeoisie,guest,satire,dinner,drink,small talk,anarchic comedy
Cast
Fernando Rey
   Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
   Mme Thevenot
Paul Frankeur
   M. Thevenot
Bulle Ogier
   Florence
Stéphane Audran
   Alice Sénéchal
Jean-Pierre Cassel
   M. Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
   Monseigneur Dufour
Claude Piéplu
   Le Colonel
Michel Piccoli
   Le Ministre
François Maistre
   Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
   Le sergent de police
Maxence Mailfort
   Traum-Sergeant
Milena Vukotić
   Ines
Maria Gabriella Maione
   Terroristin
Muni
   Bäuerin
Georges Douking
   Gärtner
Christian Baltauss
   Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Bernard Musson
   Serveur
Jacques Rispal
   Un gendarme
Robert le Béal
   Couturier
Robert Benoît
   (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Deschodt
   (uncredited)
Ellen Bahl
   (uncredited)
Jean-Michel Dhermay
   (uncredited)
Jean Degrave
   (uncredited)
Sébastien Floche
   (uncredited)
Claude Jaeger
   (uncredited)
Pierre Lary
   (uncredited)
Alix Mahieux
   (uncredited)
Robert Party
   (uncredited)
Amparo Soler Leal
   (uncredited)
Madeleine Bouchez
   Une cliente du salon de thé (uncredited)
Roger Caccia
   Le pianiste du salon de thé (uncredited)