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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
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Original name: Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, biting, philosophical, satirical, humorous, art house, breathtaking, absurd ...
Plot:
farce, bourgeoisie, high society, social commentary, absurdism, satire, social satire, surrealism, dark humor, decadence, dinner, dream, adultery, food, relationships, restaurant, ghost, marijuana, character study, smuggling, guest, visceral, heroin, police brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
europe, paris france, france, spain
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Place:
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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