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  • Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie review by A customer from Derry, Ireland
    Rated - 5 stars Bunuel Dreams 29 April 2005
    ...their fears and their secrets in a complex series of dreams and recollections. Luis Bunuel remains a genius of film direction and he pokes fun as much at the viewer as he...  
  • Un Chien Andalou
  • Un Chien Andalou review by A customer from Nottingham
    Rated - 5 stars 20 minute crazy 25 April 2006
    ...n Andalou is a formidable chunk of (film) history. It was developed between Luis Bunuel, later to become probably the most influential surrealist directors of all time...  
  • Tristana
  • Tristana review by chungking from London,England
    Rated - 3 stars pretty good 16 October 2005
    ...Of Luis Bunuels films i’ve only seen ‘Belle de Jour’ and thought I really ought to see more as I’m fairly impressed with that film. Tristana, on the surface, is a pretty s...  

Luis Bunuel - filmography


  • That Obscure Object of Desire on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Carole Bouquet,  Fernando Rey,  Angela Molina
    Director: Luis Bunuel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Luis Buñuel's last film is as just audacious as any of his classics. Wealthy sadomasochist Fernando Rey falls hard for a young maid and she's only too happy to make him suffer. Buñuel's bizarre stroke is having Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina alternate playing the maid!
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 692 members
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  • Viridiana on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Silvia Pinal,  Francisco Rabal,  Fernando Rey
    Director: Luis Bunuel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An idealistic novice nun, hoping to practice good works in the world, opens the doors of her ancestral estate to a ragtag collection of the poor, tired, and hungry. But her charity backfires when the recipients of her benevolence don't warm to her ministrations, choosing to go on living just as ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 864 members
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  • Nazarin on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Francisco Rabal,  Marga Lopez,  Rita Macedo
    Director: Luis Bunuel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A simple priest tries to live by Christian precepts in one of Luis Bunuel's best films. "I am very much attached to Nazarin," said Bunuel. "He is a priest. He could as well be a hairdresser or a waiter. What interests me about him is that he stands by his ideas, that these ideas are unacceptable ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 433 members
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  • Gran Casino on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Jorge Negrete,  Libertad Lamarque,  Meche Barba
    Director: Luis Bunuel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo (Jorge Negrete) assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister (Libertad Lamarque) arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 16 members
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  • Land without Bread (1933)
    Starring: Abel Jacquin
    Director: Luis Bunuel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 16 members
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Luis Bunuel facts

5 most recent films

That Obscure Object of Desire - 3.5 stars
The Phantom of Liberty - 3.5 stars
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - 3.5 stars
Tristana - 3.5 stars
Belle De Jour - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Exterminating Angel - 3.5 stars
Viridiana - 3.5 stars
That Obscure Object of Desire - 3.5 stars
The Phantom of Liberty - 3.5 stars
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Gran Casino - 2.5 stars
Land without Bread - 3.0 stars
Luis Bunuel's Death in the Garden - 3.5 stars
Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - 3.0 stars
Belle De Jour - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michel Piccoli - 12 times - show films
Jean Sorel - 11 times - show films
Catherine Deneuve - 11 times - show films
Fernando Rey - 10 times - show films
Monica Vitti - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Salvador Dali - 2 times - show films
Luis Buñuel - 2 times - show films
Manoel de Oliveira - 1 times - show films