Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Fernando Rey | ... | Don Rafael Acosta | |
Paul Frankeur | ... | François Thévenot | |
Delphine Seyrig | ... | Simone Thévenot | |
Bulle Ogier | ... | Florence | |
Stéphane Audran | ... | Alice Sénéchal (as Stephane Audran) | |
Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Henri Sénéchal | |
Julien Bertheau | ... | Monsignor Dufour | |
Milena Vukotic | ... | Ines | |
Maria Gabriella Maione | ... | Guerrilla | |
Claude Piéplu | ... | Colonel | |
Muni | ... | Peasant | |
Pierre Maguelon | ... | Police Sergeant | |
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François Maistre | ... | Inspector Delecluze |
Michel Piccoli | ... | Interior Minister | |
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Ellen Bahl |
Several bourgeois friends planning to get together for dinner experience a succession of highly unusual occurrences that interfere with their expected dining enjoyment. Written by Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu>
There are not many artists who could tell the same joke over and over again and get away with it creating the film as brilliant, funny, absurd, witty, and clever as Buñuel's "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie", 1972. The story of six friends who try to arrange and have a nice dinner together but cannot complete (or even start) their meal does not sound very exiting but wait until you watch this comedy. I've always known how interesting surrealism is but I never thought how funny it could be. I've seen the film four or five times - it only gets better with each viewing. Highly recommended.
9.5/10.