The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

7.4 Rating1972-09-15Comedy

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.

Cast

Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

as Don Rafael

Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

as Simone Thévenot

Paul Frankeur

Paul Frankeur

as François Thévenot

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

as Alice Sénéchal

Bulle Ogier

Bulle Ogier

as Florence

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Henri Sénéchal

Julien Bertheau

Julien Bertheau

as Monsignor Dufour

Claude Piéplu

Claude Piéplu

as Colonel

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

as Interior Minister

François Maistre

François Maistre

as Inspector Delecluze