Movie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Released: September 15, 1972 (1972)

Runtime: 101 minutes

Genres: 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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Paul Frankeur as François Thévenot
Age at release: 67
Julien Bertheau as Monsignor Dufour
Age at release: 62
Fernando Rey as Don Rafael
Age at release: 54
Claude Piéplu as Colonel
Age at release: 49
François Maistre as Inspector Delecluze
Age at release: 47
Michel Piccoli as Interior Minister
Age at release: 46
Delphine Seyrig as Simone Thévenot
Age at release: 40
Stéphane Audran as Alice Sénéchal
Age at release: 39
Jean-Pierre Cassel as Henri Sénéchal
Age at release: 39
Bulle Ogier as Florence
Age at release: 33

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Madeleine Bouchez as Tea Salon Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: 79
Georges Douking as Gardener
Age at release: 70
Robert Le Béal as Couturier
Age at release: 57
Jean Degrave as (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Jacques Rispal as Gendarme
Age at release: 49
Alix Mahieux as (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
Sébastien Floche as (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Robert Party as (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Bernard Musson as Waiter
Age at release: 47
Muni as Peasant
Age at release: 43
Pierre Maguelon as Police Sergeant
Age at release: 39
Amparo Soler Leal as (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
Milena Vukotić as Ines
Age at release: 34
Anne-Marie Deschodt as (uncredited)
Age at release: 34
Robert Benoît as (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
Christian Baltauss as Lt. Hubert de Rochcahin
Age at release: 24
Maxence Mailfort as Sergeant Recounting Dream
Age at release: 23
Maria Gabriella Maione as Guerrilla
Age at release: Unknown
Ellen Bahl as (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Jean-Michel Dhermay as (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown