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.
Directed by Luis Buñuel
diplomat
dreams
nightmare
upper class
date
drug trafficking
guest
bishop
restaurant
surreal
bourgeoisie
satire
surrealism
dinner
terrorism
drink
oneiric
dream within a dream
small talk
anarchic comedy
absurd
unexpected situation
Rank
#9 in 1972·#1516 overall
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Cast
Fernando Rey
Don Rafael
Delphine Seyrig
Simone Thévenot
Paul Frankeur
François Thévenot
Stéphane Audran
Alice Sénéchal
Bulle Ogier
Florence
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Henri Sénéchal
Julien Bertheau
Monsignor Dufour
Claude Piéplu
Colonel
Michel Piccoli
Interior Minister
François Maistre
Inspector Delecluze
Pierre Maguelon
Police Sergeant
Maxence Mailfort
Sergeant Recounting Dream
Crew
Luis Buñuel
Director
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Luis Buñuel
Screenplay
Edmond Richard
Director of Photography
Serge Silberman
Producer
Odette Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Jean Lara
Unit Manager
Arnie Gelbart
Assistant Director
Luis Buñuel
Sound Effects
Guy Villette
Sound Engineer
Suzanne Durrenberger
Script Supervisor
Popular Reviews
681 reviews
Noah
7.0★ · 07/31/24
*1972 - 15/20 *“You're much better suited for making love than for making war.”
Sometimes you have to take a step back and think, what in the world am I watching?
This film has pretty much no plot. It’s just a group of people that keep trying to eat a meal together, but something always interrupts them from doing so. It gets even more complicated with dreams, side character’s storylines, and everything in between. I also am definitely not intelligent enough to pick up on the deeper themes below the exterior of this film. The dialogue is probably the only big standout for me. There countless conversations that occur between the wide variety of characters is a lot to handle, on top of that they are all interesting. Even when a soldier is telling stories about himself, you are still so invested. At the end, you just are completely lost, and I kind of loved that.
P.S. How in the world did that restaurant not have tea, coffee, or milk?
*1972 - 15/20 *“You're much better suited for making love than for making war.”
Sometimes you have to take a step back and think, what in the world am I watching?
This film has pretty much no plot. It’s just a group of people that keep trying to eat a meal together, but something always interrupts them from doing so. It gets even more complicated with dreams, side character’s storylines, and everything in between. I also am definitely not intelligent enough to pick up on the deeper themes below the exterior of this film. The dialogue is probably the only big standout for me. There countless conversations that occur between the wide variety of characters is a lot to handle, on top of that they are all interesting. Even when a soldier is telling stories about himself, you are still so invested. At the end, you just are completely lost, and I kind of loved that.
P.S. How in the world did that restaurant not have tea, coffee, or milk?
this movie was peculiar but I enjoyed it a lot. I think most rich people genuinely live life this way and I will believe that until proven otherwise.😭
also im using this movie to try to get better at watching foreign films bc i have a rlly hard time processing subtitles 💔💔💔 but I got used to it after awhile of watching which is good and I understood what was going on for the most part (bc this movie is weird af LOL)
this movie was peculiar but I enjoyed it a lot. I think most rich people genuinely live life this way and I will believe that until proven otherwise.😭
also im using this movie to try to get better at watching foreign films bc i have a rlly hard time processing subtitles 💔💔💔 but I got used to it after awhile of watching which is good and I understood what was going on for the most part (bc this movie is weird af LOL)
yeliza
7.0★ · 05/25/26
?!???!! kkkkkk
?!???!! kkkkkk
Margaret Hopkins
8.0★ · 05/21/26
They need to stop dreaming bro
They need to stop dreaming bro
Francis Norton
5.0★ · 05/19/26
like key and peele but instead it’s two upper-class french guys thinking they’re funny
like key and peele but instead it’s two upper-class french guys thinking they’re funny