L'Âge d'or

L'Âge d'or

1930/11/28 • Released • French

Romance
Comedy
Drama
6.7
1h 3m

A surrealist masterpiece.

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.

Director : Luis Buñuel

Casts
Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

The Man

Lya Lys

Lya Lys

The Woman

Caridad de Laberdesque

Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle

Max Ernst

Bandit Leader in the Hut

Josep Llorens Artigas

Josep Llorens Artigas

Governor

Lionel Salem

Lionel Salem

Duke of Blangis

Germaine Noizet

Marquise of X

Duchange

Orchestra Conductor

Bonaventura Ibáñez

Marquis of X

Jean Aurenche

Jean Aurenche

Bandit (uncredited)

Jacques Brunius

Jacques Brunius

Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel

(uncredited)

Jean Castanier

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

Juan Castañe

Bandit (uncredited)

Pancho Cossío

Lame Bandit (uncredited)

Simone Cottance

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

Marie Berthe Ernst

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

Juan Esplandiu

Bandit (uncredited)

Pedro Flores

Bandit (uncredited)

Claude Heymann

Extra (uncredited)

Valentine Hugo

Governor's Wife (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Duke of Blangis' Follower (uncredited)

Marval

Defenestrated Bishop (uncredited)

Juan Ramón Masoliver

Extra (uncredited)

Jaume Miravitlles

Jaume Miravitlles

Bandit (uncredited)

Manuel Ángeles Ortiz

Forester (uncredited)

Jaime Otero

Extra (uncredited)

Joaquin Peinado

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

Roland Penrose

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

Valentine Penrose

Woman in Car with Ostensory (uncredited)

Domingo Pruña

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

Jacques Prévert

Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

Pierre Prévert

Pierre Prévert

Péman (uncredited)

Joaquín Roa

Joaquín Roa

Bandit (uncredited)

Raymond de Sarka

Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

Paul Éluard

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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