Rotten
My feeling is that his canvas is too narrow and his social comment too plain to keep our interest fixed upon his people and their barren stewing for an hour and a half.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
The Exterminating Angel
The degeneration of high society!
1962 · 1h 33m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Luis Buñuel
Overview
A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.
Director and cast
- Luis Buñuel Director
- Silvia Pinal as Leticia 'La Valkiria'
- Enrique Rambal as Edmundo Nobile
- Jacqueline Andere as Alicia Roc
- Claudio Brook as Julio, Mayordomo; Steward
- José Baviera as Leandro Gomez
- Augusto Benedico as Carlos Conde; Doctor
- Luis Beristáin Cast
- Antonio Bravo Cast
- César del Campo Cast
- Lucy Gallardo Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A macabre comedy, a mordant view of human nature that suggests we harbor savage instincts and unspeakable secrets.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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