The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

PG 1972 · 101 min · ★ 7.4 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Luis Buñuel · Written by Jean-Claude Carrière

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