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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
· Movie
· 102 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #322
- IMDb #763
- Rotten Tomatoes #266
- Metacritic #100
- Letterboxd #643
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #122
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #800
- Metacritic Critics #119
- Metacritic Audience #286
- Kinopoisk #902
- AlloCiné #1628
- Trakt #1935
Every rating
73–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 96, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Luis Buñuel
- Writers
- Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel
- Studio
- Greenwich Film Production
- Released
- 15 September 1972
- Country
- France
- Language
- French, Spanish, Latin
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $800.0K
- Box office
- $103.2K
- Awards
- 7 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →3 major awards won · 7 wins from 16 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| BAFTA Awards 1974 | Best Original Screenplay | Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1974 | Best Actress | Stéphane Audran | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Foreign Language Film | France | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1974 | Best Direction | Luis Buñuel | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1974 | Best Sound | Luis Buñuel, Guy Villette | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1974 | Best Film | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Original Screenplay | Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Foreign-Language Film | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Nominee |
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BAFTA Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Stéphane Audran | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière | Winner |
| Best Direction | Luis Buñuel | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Luis Buñuel, Guy Villette | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | France | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign-Language Film | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Luis Buñuel | Winner |
| Best Film | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière | Nominee |
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Prix Méliès | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Foreign Language Films | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Luis Buñuel | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Director | Luis Buñuel | Nominee |