A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and ... Read allA surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.
Germaine Noizet
- Marquise of X
- (as Mme Noizet)
Bonaventura Ibáñez
- Marquis of X
- (as Ibanez)
Jean Aurenche
- Bandit
- (uncredited)
Jacques B. Brunius
- Passer-by in the Street
- (uncredited)
Juan Castañe
- Bandit
- (uncredited)
Pancho Cossío
- Lame Bandit
- (uncredited)
Juan Esplandiu
- Bandit
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí had effectively fallen out by the time the film went into production to the extent that Dali refused to have anything to do with the actual making of the film. On the first day of shooting, Buñuel chased Dalí off the set with a hammer.
- Quotes
Young Girl: I have waited for a long time. What joy to have our children murdered!
- Alternate versionsThis film was published in Italy in an DVD anthology entitled "Un Chien Andalou", distributed by DNA Srl. The film has been re-edited with the contribution of the film history scholar Riccardo Cusin . This version is also available in streaming on some platforms.
- SoundtracksAve Verum Corpus K. 618
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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This film is often regarded as the best surrealistic film of all time. Like in his previous film "un chien andalou", Bunuel introduces us a film with a cock-and-bull screenplay. In this movie, he's using the power of his imagination and this is one of the surrealism's goals. The movie starts with a documentary on the scorpions, then some thieves are discovering four archbishops on the rocks, next, come the founders of Rome. Later, in Rome, a young woman is finding a cow on her bed; during a reception, in a beautiful castle, a tipcart full of workers is crossing the living-room and other weird events like these ones happen later..... It's easy to find out why this movie was forbidden for a long time in France (it was finally re-released in 1981). If you think that some elements of the story (if there is one!) like the four archbishops or the tipcart are funny, well they aren't. It's only his second film and Bunuel's showing us his obsessions: he's laughing at religion and upper middle class by ridiculing them and he is against the conformity. That's why his movie's got nonsense and even the title: why the Golden Age? However, behind all this nonsense, there is a love story between Gaston Modot and Lya Lys which is more sketched out than told.
Moreover, the film also created a huge scandal due to the last sequence. It was inspired by the most horrible French novel: "les 120 journées de Sodome" by the Marquis de Sade (Bunuel used to admire him). This French writer's novels were forbidden for a long time due to their violence and their philosophy. In the movie, the scene created a double scandal because the count of Blangis's got the Christ' head! This film is incredible and fascinating due to the screenplay and its unexpected events. If you want to discover Bunuel's films, this one is a good start
Moreover, the film also created a huge scandal due to the last sequence. It was inspired by the most horrible French novel: "les 120 journées de Sodome" by the Marquis de Sade (Bunuel used to admire him). This French writer's novels were forbidden for a long time due to their violence and their philosophy. In the movie, the scene created a double scandal because the count of Blangis's got the Christ' head! This film is incredible and fascinating due to the screenplay and its unexpected events. If you want to discover Bunuel's films, this one is a good start
- dbdumonteil
- Jul 27, 2002
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Golden Age
- Filming locations
- Cabo de Creus, Girona, Catalonia, Spain(opening sequence - landscape)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,712
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,940
- Feb 1, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $32,712
- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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