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L'Âge d'or

L'Âge d'or

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L'Âge d'or

"A surrealist masterpiece."

1930

1h 3m

6.8(342 votes)

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

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)

Creative team

Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Written by: Luis Buñuel
Salvador Dalí
Produced by: Le Vicomte de Noailles
Marie-Laure de Noailles

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