L'Âge d'or (1930)

Name: L'Âge d'or
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1930-11-28
Duration: 63 min
Cast: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas

A surrealist masterpiece.

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.

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Released 1930-11-28 · 63 min · Romance, Comedy, Drama

Directed by Luis Buñuel

Cast

Gaston Modot as The Man
Lya Lys as The Woman
Caridad de Laberdesque as Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
Max Ernst as Bandit Leader in the Hut
Josep Llorens Artigas as Governor
Lionel Salem as Duke of Blangis
Germaine Noizet as Marquise of X
Duchange as Orchestra Conductor
Bonaventura Ibáñez as Marquis of X
Jean Aurenche as Bandit (uncredited)
Jacques Brunius as Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Luis Buñuel as (uncredited)
Jean Castanier as Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
Juan Castañe as Bandit (uncredited)
Pancho Cossío as Lame Bandit (uncredited)