The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- 8.1
- 1h 35min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 1967-08-21 (USA)
Storyline
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room... and over the next few days all the elaborate pretenses and facades that they've built up by virtue of their position in society collapse completely as they become reduced to living like animals...
Plot Keywords
black comedy, class differences, social satire, surrealism, symbolism, dinner party, dark comedy, comedy of manners, architect, cancer patient, top hat, ice sculpture, bear, wealth, cook, doctor, morphine, caviar, maid, disembodied hand
Short Review
If not necessarily Buuel's greatest film, this unclassifiable creation must count as one of the most twisted stunts ever mounted for the screen.
