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Format: VHS
Rated PG
Recording Mode: (unknown)
100 min. |
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Movie Description
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE is Luis Buñuel's scathing and surrealistic political comedy masterpiece about a wealthy group of friends repeatedly prevented from beginning their elaborate dinner by increasingly strange events. No matter how hard they try to enjoy the meal and the privileges money affords, everything from closed restaurants to terrorists conspire to thwart their pleasures...and soon it seems that the violence is even pervading their dreams. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best (Original) Story and Screenplay. Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film.
Synopsis
This superb cinema classic, surrealistic in style, deals with the comic efforts of a group of socialites to dine together. They just can't seem to pull off their dinner engagement, as a series of increasingly bizarre events contrive to keep them from enjoying themselves.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Industry Reviews
"...Far from seeming dated, THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE seems timelier than ever, downright prophetic, for that matter..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (06/02/2000)
"...The film's narrative flow is cheerfully shattered by Bunuel's devices....DISCREET CHARM is cheerfully liberated from any commercial or narrative requirement..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (06/25/2000)
"...Witty and trenchant, this is the perfect counterpart to Bunuel's THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL..."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (06/01/2000)
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