The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a 1972 surrealist satirical film by Luis Buñuel that follows a group of upper-middle-class friends whose repeated attempts to dine together are absurdly and endlessly thwarted.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
satirical film
surrealist film
academyAwardsEdition 45th Academy Awards
awardReceived Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
awardYear 1973
castMember Bulle Ogier
Claude Piéplu NERFINISHED
Delphine Seyrig
Fernando Rey
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Julien Bertheau
Michel Piccoli
Muni
Paul Frankeur
Stéphane Audran NERFINISHED
centralTheme bourgeois hypocrisy
class critique
social satire
the absurdity of social conventions
cinematographer Edmond Richard
countryOfOrigin France
Spain
director Luis Buñuel
distributor 20th Century Fox
editor Hélène Plemiannikov
genre black comedy
satire
surrealism
mainCharacter Alice Sénéchal
Florence
François Thévenot NERFINISHED
Henri Sénéchal NERFINISHED
Rafael Acosta
Simone Thévenot
musicBy Guy Villette
narrativeStructure series of loosely connected episodes
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
originalLanguage French
partOf Luis Buñuel filmography
plotElement repeatedly thwarted dinner engagements
producer Serge Silberman
productionCompany Greenwich Film Productions
releaseYear 1972
runningTimeMinutes 102
screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière
Luis Buñuel
setIn France
usesDevice dream sequences
unreliable reality

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Luis Buñuel notableWork The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1973 Academy Awards bestForeignLanguageFilmWinner The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Phantom of Liberty follows The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Delphine Seyrig notableWork The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie