Overview
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
Movie Info
Release Date: 11/28/1930
Runtime: 63 min
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writers: Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí
Top Cast
Gaston Modot
The Man
Lya Lys
The Woman
Josep Llorens Artigas
Governor
Lionel Salem
Duke of Blangis
Jean Aurenche
Bandit (uncredited)
Jacques Brunius
Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Luis Buñuel
(uncredited)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Duke of Blangis' Follower (uncredited)
Jaume Miravitlles
Bandit (uncredited)
Pierre Prévert
Péman (uncredited)
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