| Description |
2 videodiscs (101, 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 102.
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Classic collection.
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| System Details |
DVD; widescreen (1.66:1), high definition transfer; Dolby digital mono. (disc one) or Dolby digital stereo. (disc two). |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Bulle Ogier, Paul Frankeur, Julien Bertheau. |
| Credits |
Photography, Edmond Richard; editor, Hélène Plemiannikov; sets, Pierre Guffroy. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion picture in 1972. |
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Special features: Disc one. El náufrago de la calle de Providencia = The castaway on the street of Providence, a 24-minute documentary homage to Buñuel by his longtime friends Arturo Ripstein and Rafael Castanedo made in 1970 ; original theatrical trailer. Disc two. A propósito de Buñuel = Speaking of Buñuel, 98-minute documentary produced in 2000 on the life and work of Buñuel by Jose Luis López-Linares and Javier Rioyo (French and Spanish with optional English subtitles) ; Buñuel filmography. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, Best foreign film, 1972. |
| Contents |
Disc one. Feature -- Disc two. Supplement. |
| Summary |
"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."--Container. |
| Subject |
Upper class -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Dinners and dining -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983.
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Surrealism in motion pictures -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1972.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983.
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Silberman, Serge.
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Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-
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Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994.
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Seyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990.
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Audran, Stéphane, 1932-
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Ripstein, Arturo.
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Castanedo, Rafael.
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López-Linares, José Luis.
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Rioyo, Javier.
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Rialto Pictures LLC.
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Studio Canal+.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
English title: Discreet charm of the bourgeoisie |
| Added Title |
Náufrago de la calle de Providencia.
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A propósito de Buñuel.
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| ISBN |
078002382X |
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9780780023826 |
| Music No. |
DIS610 Criterion Collection |
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