L'Âge d'or (1930)
"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.
Top Cast
Gaston Modot
The Man
Lya Lys
The Woman
C
Caridad de Laberdesque
Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
M
Max Ernst
Bandit Leader in the Hut
Josep Llorens Artigas
Governor
Lionel Salem
Duke of Blangis
G
Germaine Noizet
Marquise of X
D
Duchange
Orchestra Conductor
B
Bonaventura Ibáñez
Marquis of X
Jean Aurenche
Bandit (uncredited)
Jacques Brunius
Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)
Luis Buñuel
(uncredited)
J
Jean Castanier
Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)
J
Juan Castañe
Bandit (uncredited)
P
Pancho Cossío
Lame Bandit (uncredited)
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