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68% Critic Match
L'Âge d'or
“A surrealist masterpiece.”
6.8 / 10• 1930• 1h 3m•NR• French
RomanceComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Gaston Modot
The Man
Lead
Lya Lys
The Woman
Cd
Caridad de Laberdesque
Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle
ME
Max Ernst
Bandit Leader in the Hut
Josep Llorens Artigas
Governor
Lionel Salem
Duke of Blangis
GN
Germaine Noizet
Marquise of X
D
Duchange
Orchestra Conductor
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Luis Buñuel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. L'Âge d'or is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
