The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

  • Director: Luis Buñuel
  • Writer: Luis Buñuel,Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Countries of origin: France, Italy, Spain
  • Language: French, Spanish, Latin
  • Release date: October 22, 1972
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Diskretan sarm burzoazije
  • "Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie" is a comedy directed by Luis Buñuel , produced by Fernando Casado Arambillet , Jean-Pierre Cassell, Paul Frankel, Bru Ogier, Stephanie Odean, Starring Delphine Seyrig and others, it was released in France on September 15, 1972.
    The film tells the story of six people constantly trying to bourgeois dinner, but unexpected obstacles always emerge, they eat so it's not a thing  .

    Details

    • Release date October 22, 1972
    • Filming locations Paris, France
    • Production companies Greenwich Film Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $800,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $17,432

    Movie reviews

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    • By Katlyn 2022-12-31 19:34:23

      What is the charm?

      The prudent charm of the bourgeoisie, where does the charm come from?
       6 people can't eat every time they get together, no tea, no coffee, no milk, no boiled water, roast chicken is fake, bread with salad can only be put on the plate, poor ambassador Miranda can only eat the meat happens in a dream.
        Interspersed with various dreams, is it a return visit of the characters' inner fears in the midst of trouble, or the reflection of real thoughts in dreams?
        The six of them...

    • By Donavon 2022-12-28 12:27:48

      Bunuel's humiliation

      8:30 Ride to see The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. In Buñuel's lens, the bishop who trespassed on the house came to apply for a gardener, the ambassador for drug trafficking and the police who arbitrarily arrested the guests illegally, intertwined with different female characters appeared one after another, each doing his own thing in the fantasy of the scene. The terrifying pale ghost and the slogan of religious secularization are a pair of ironies. Communist female college students...

    • By Garland 2022-12-28 06:34:45

      What are the rich people who can never eat food afraid of?

      In his later years, Buñuel basically lost all his hearing and became a deaf who could only hear his own memories.

      He stubbornly photographed the conservative and staid middle class in his films, or retrospectively traced the European high society of the early 20th century until 1972's Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.

      The Beatles and bell-bottoms were all the rage at that time, and jazz became faded gold, not to mention graceful and elegant classical...

    • By Bailee 2022-12-27 12:01:35

      Turning off the lights and dismantling the movie Ang Lee collapsed after filming Lust, Caution, and he went flying to him for comfort...

      a ice

      Childhood neglected by father's violent mother

      Since then he has been disappointed with his family

      I recently met a Swedish friend

      ...

    • By Isidro 2022-12-27 10:14:40

      "The Sinful Bourgeoisie"

      "The Sinful Bourgeoisie"

      In Spain in 1972, after the fall of Franco, the elites of the bourgeoisie were well-dressed, elegantly spoken, and well-behaved; they had meal after meal and cup after cup of various wines ;
      Unfortunately, due to the screenwriter's fault, all kinds of derivative plots and absurd and weird events always occur at the beginning of the banquet. So that the banquet can't be opened at all!
      The helpless protagonists are shy in their anger!
      If you look...

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    • By Terrill 2023-09-23 01:32:45

      The priest who wanted to be a gardener killed the old gardener who killed his parents in deathbed confession; only frequent awakenings, no clear opportunity to fall into a dream, no idea when the dream started; food is never eaten, and people are always in the country Walking along the path, strange dreams and memories are suddenly inserted into the plot to be told. The absurd is in a loop, the metaphors are dazzling, and finally give up solving the puzzle and immerse in the paradoxical...

    • By Trevion 2023-09-11 16:17:21

      1. A dinner party that was not successful for six people ended up being eaten by one person. A ritual of collusion in a public space—a pure satiated meal in a private space. 2. The cross connection of dreams and dreams is straight in the middle and straight outside. When the curtain is drawn, the civilized people are astonished and horrified as if they were naked. 3. Overshadowed dialogue, silence is better than sound. 4. The ingenuity and irony in the plot and details make people...

    • By Trevion 2023-09-10 09:45:36

      #SIFF2018# In the opening film, between the end that can never be reached and the feast that can never be eaten, there are layers of dreams entwined. Between dreams and dreams, perhaps this dream is the only...

    • By Serenity 2023-09-06 14:53:26

      Bold and reckless, Bunuel's surrealism has reached a state of...

    • By Glennie 2023-08-22 16:50:02

      Make sins, let the bishop and servants reincarnate to kill, you will die; tell lies, let the secret agents arrest the revolutionaries, nowhere to protest; put on a mask, let the hypocritical and harmonious society, let the people live; greedy lamb legs, let endless desire Devour yourself, exploit and oppress. But even if the family has 10,000 taels of gold, 1,000 acres of fertile land, even if you have the power to protect you and do whatever you want, even if the bishop wants to be a gardener...

    Movie plot

    The guests came to Senechar’s home to attend the dinner, only to find that the dinner would not be held until tomorrow night. They had to go to a tavern, but their plans were frustrated again because the tavern was guarding their spirits for the owner who had just passed away. Another dinner party was temporarily cancelled because the Senéchal couple sneaked out of the house to make friends: the visitors mistakenly thought that the...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    Luis Buñuel for the film's signature sound, but when he was almost completely lost Cong  .
    In order to find an appropriate title for the film, Luis Buñuel and the screenwriter Claude repeatedly studied the script, but to no avail. In 1970, they walked into a restaurant to dine. There were no other guests in the restaurant. The restaurant gave them a newspaper and an important announcement: "De Gaulle was killed." This gave them an...
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    Evaluation action

    Bunuel's surrealist style is fully displayed in the film   . (1905 Film Online Review)
    The film is an important work that embodies the aesthetic principles of Buñuel's film in narrative. It perfectly combines surreal and narrative to form a unique visual language and narrative style. The views expressed in the film are quite complicated. Bunuel has great ambitions. At the same time, because of his relaxation, the narrative of the film...
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    Movie quotes

    • [Bishop Dufour is being introduced to the ambassador from Miranda]

      Bishop Dufour: I'm delighted to meet you. We have an important mission in Bogota.

      Rafael Acosta: Bogota is in Colombia.

      Bishop Dufour: That's right, Colombia. Sorry, I got mixed up. I've never been to Miranda, but I hear it is a magnificent country: the Great Cordillera, the pampas...

      Rafael Acosta: The pampas are in Argentina, monsignor.

      Bishop Dufour: The pampas. Of course. I should've known that. Recently I saw a book on Latin America. There were photos of your ancient pyramids.

      Rafael Acosta: Our pyramids? We have no pyramids in Miranda. Mexico and Guatemala have pyramids. We don't.

      Bishop Dufour: You're sure?

      Rafael Acosta: Absolutely.

    • Colonel: Marijuana isn't a drug. Look at what goes on in Vietnam. From the general down to the private, they all smoke.

      Simone Thévenot: As a result, once a week they bomb their own troops.

      Colonel: If they bomb their own troops, they must have their reasons.

    • Rafael Acosta: Finally, if you think about it, the only solution to starvation and poverty is in the hands of the army. You'll realize it in Miranda, when you have to open your pretty thighs to an infantry battalion.