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The Exterminating Angel

The Exterminating Angel

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Summary

Satirical drama directed by Luis Buñuel. Senor Nobile and his wife find their servants walking out just as they receive dinner guests. But unlike the domestic staff, the bourgeoisie find it impossible to depart. As their ordeal continues, the well-heeled, urbane friends revert to very basic instincts.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Following his merciless attack on Catholicism in Viridiana, Luis Buñuel turned his attention to another of his favourite targets, the middle classes, in this searing condemnation of convention and outmoded morality. Clearly revealing his surrealist roots, this blackly comic film ingeniously uses a nightmare dinner party to make the terrifying assertion that the bourgeois lifestyle is every bit as hideous and limiting as any concentration camp regime. Brilliantly played by a cast including regulars Silvia Pinal and Claudio Brook, this is one of Buñuel's most pessimistic films, and its chilling ending will leave you dumbstruck.

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7.9/10

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Cast

rolenameLetitiaSilvia PinalAlicia RocJacqueline AndereLeandroJosé BavieraDoctorAugusto BenedicoCristian UgaldeLuis BeristainRussellAntonio BravoJulio, majordomoClaudio BrookColonelCesar Del CampoSilviaRosa Elena DurgelEdmundo NobileEnrique RambalLucia NobileLucy GallardoAlberto RocEnrique Garcia Alvarez

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Crew

rolenameDirectorLuis Buñuel

Details

Theatrical distributor

Contemporary Films Ltd

Languages

Spanish

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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