L'Âge d'or (1930)

"A surrealist masterpiece."

6.8 November 28, 1930 1h 3m Released

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

  • Gaston Modot

    Gaston Modot

    The Man

  • Lya Lys

    Lya Lys

    The Woman

  • Caridad de Laberdesque

    Caridad de Laberdesque

    Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle

  • Max Ernst

    Max Ernst

    Bandit Leader in the Hut

  • Josep Llorens Artigas

    Josep Llorens Artigas

    Governor

  • Lionel Salem

    Lionel Salem

    Duke of Blangis

  • Germaine Noizet

    Germaine Noizet

    Marquise of X

  • Duchange

    Duchange

    Orchestra Conductor

  • Bonaventura Ibáñez

    Bonaventura Ibáñez

    Marquis of X

  • Jean Aurenche

    Jean Aurenche

    Bandit (uncredited)

  • Jacques Brunius

    Jacques Brunius

    Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

  • Luis Buñuel

    Luis Buñuel

    (uncredited)

  • Jean Castanier

    Jean Castanier

    Guest at the Marquis of X's Concert (uncredited)

  • Juan Castañe

    Juan Castañe

    Bandit (uncredited)

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