The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

101 mins | Comedy | Sept. 15, 1972

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.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

101 mins | Comedy | Sept. 15, 1972

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers 20th Century Fox, Greenwich Film Productions
Original title Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
Directors Pierre Lary, Arnie Gelbart, Luis Buñuel
Writers Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel

Cast

Fernando Rey

as Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig

as Mme Thevenot

Paul Frankeur

as M. Thevenot

Bulle Ogier

as Florence

Stéphane Audran

as Alice Sénéchal

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as M. Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau

as Monseigneur Dufour

Claude Piéplu

as Le Colonel

Michel Piccoli

as Le Ministre

François Maistre

as Delecluze

Pierre Maguelon

as Le sergent de police

Maxence Mailfort

as Traum-Sergeant

Milena Vukotić

as Ines

Maria Gabriella Maione

as Terroristin

Muni

as Bäuerin

Georges Douking

as Gärtner

Christian Baltauss

as Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin

Bernard Musson

as Serveur

Jacques Rispal

as Un gendarme

Robert le Béal

as Couturier

Robert Benoît

as (uncredited)

Anne-Marie Deschodt

as (uncredited)

Ellen Bahl

as (uncredited)

Jean-Michel Dhermay

as (uncredited)

Jean Degrave

as (uncredited)

Sébastien Floche

as (uncredited)

Claude Jaeger

as (uncredited)

Pierre Lary

as (uncredited)

Alix Mahieux

as (uncredited)

Robert Party

as (uncredited)

Amparo Soler Leal

as (uncredited)

Madeleine Bouchez

as Une cliente du salon de thé (uncredited)

Roger Caccia

as Le pianiste du salon de thé (uncredited)