Double Feature: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE, THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (CET OBSCUR OBJET DU DÉSIR), March 15, 2013

Friday, March 15 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE, 1972, Rialto Pictures, 102 min. Dir. Luis Buñuel. This later Buñuel masterpiece and 1973 Best Foreign-Language Oscar winner is a return to the subversive director’s Surrealist roots and a showcase for his scrumptiously satirical wit. A sextet of upper-class friends (including Fernando Rey, Stéphane Audran, Delphine Seyrig and Jean-Pierre Cassel) attempt to dine together but are continually stalled by a series of vaudevillian events, both real and dreamed. In French and Spanish with English subtitles. {35mm}
THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (CET OBSCUR OBJET DU DÉSIR), 1977, Rialto Pictures, 102 min. The acclaimed final film from director Luis Buñuel stars Fernando Rey as a wealthy older man who fruitlessly pursues a beautiful dancer (played by both Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina) during a terrorist insurgency. In French and Spanish with English subtitles. {35mm}
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xyedMel424

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