The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Directed by Luis Buñuel · 101 min · Comedy
74.6 TOPICAL score · #561 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, directed by Luis Buñuel) has a TOPICAL score of 74.6 - ranked 561 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Critics: 98% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 93. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (950 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 50 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics98% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 93
- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (950 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 50 languages
- Still read12,239 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Fernando Rey (actor #184), Delphine Seyrig (actor #524), Paul Frankeur, Stéphane Audran
“Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 93 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10