Luis Buñuel
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Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greates
Buñuel in 1929
Calanda, Spain, in 2013
Luis Buñuel (top row, right), Madrid, 1923
Jean Epstein, Buñuel's first film collaborator
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a 1972 surrealist satirical dark comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel, who wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière. The narrative concer
Luis Buñuel
…Film Festival forViridiana (1961), which criticized the Francoist dictatorship. He satirized social conditions in The Exterminating Angel (1962) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), the latter of which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) and Belle de Jour…
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