The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie
By December 18, 2000
SEEING: In his sixties, Buñuel finally achieved the choice of subject matter, the means, the creative freedom so long denied him. But Buñuel has always Read more »
- France
- 1972
- 102 minutes
- Color
- 1.66:1
- French
- Spine #102
SYNOPSIS: 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. Fernando Rey, Stéphane Audran, Delphine Seyrig, and Jean-Pierre Cassel head the extraordinary cast of this 1972 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film. Criterion is proud to present The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in an exclusive double-disc special edition.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Rafael Acosta, the ambassador | Fernando Rey |
| Henri Sénéchal | Jean-Pierre Cassel |
| François Thévenot | Paul Frankeur |
| Simone Thévenot | Delphine Seyrig |
| Alice Sénéchal | Stéphane Audran |
| Florence, her sister | Bulle Ogier |
| The minister | Michel Piccoli |
| Monsignor Dufour | Julien Bertheau |
| Inès, the maid | Milena Vukotic |
| The guerilla | Maria Gabriella Maione |
| The colonel | Claude Piéplu |
| The peasant woman | Muni |
| The bloody sergeant | Pierre Maguelon |
Credits
| Director | Luis Buñuel |
| Screenplay | Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière |
| Producer | Serge Silberman |
| Cinematography | Edmond Richard |
| Art director | Pierre Guffroy |
| Editing | Hélène Plemiannikov |
| Sound | Guy Villette |
| Sound effects | Luis Buñuel |
| Makeup | Odette Berroyer and Fernande Hugi |
| Costumes | Jacqueline Guyot |
Disc Features
- Beautiful new widescreen high-definition transfer of the film, enhanced for 16×9 televisions
- El náufrago de la calle de Providencia (The Castaway on the Street of Providence, 1970): a 24-minute documentary homage to Buñuel by his longtime friends Arturo Ripstein and Rafael Castanedo
- A propósito de Buñuel (Speaking of Buñuel, 2000): a new 98-minute documentary on the life and work of Buñuel by Jose Luis López-Linares and Javier Rioyo
- Buñuel filmography
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved optional English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
