This film is a well-known example of the introduction of psychoanalysis into cinema, and an excellent work of author Buñuel's film. If it were to have a subtitle, "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" would have to be. The subjective fragments of flashbacks and dreams are handled calmly in the film, just like Buñuel's always subtle and natural teasing and mocking of the bourgeoisie: an elegant and noble woman who occasionally thinks about being dumped Muddy, hanged and beaten, sold prostitutes when he was having fun, and dreamed of a dangerous deadly killer who would kill her husband and be shot by the police in order to gain ownership of herself. On the day of waking up, the prudent life of the bourgeoisie has to resume.
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