The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador) (1962)

8.2	Listal rating
8	IMDB rating

Directed by

Luis Buñuel

Starring (View all)

Silvia Pinal

Leticia 'La Valkiria'

Enrique Rambal

Edmundo Nobile

Claudio Brook

Julio, Mayordomo; Steward

Leandro Gomez

Carlos Conde; Doctor

Sergio Russell

Alicia de Roc

Alvaro, Coronel; Colonel

Written by (View all)

Luis Alcoriza

uncredited

José Bergamin

play (uncredited)

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2 years, 4 months ago at Feb 17 3:43

Abhi

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Bizarre yet captivating tale of a group of party guests who mysteriously find themselves unable to leave the living room of their host. They proceed to spend the night there.. and several days following, all the while unable to understand why and how they came to be in the predicament they find themselves in. Short of space, food and water, they fall prey to sickness, hunger and personal conflict.... read more

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Description: After an evening at the opera, the aristocratic Nobile invites guests for a lavish supper at his home on Providence Street. But as his guests arrive, his staff are desperate to leave, slipping away before even the meal is served. As the evening of polite small talk and light entertainment starts to drag, the guests find themselves ine ... (more)

Release date : 21 August 1967

1960s (8), Spanish (7), Satire (7), Surrealism (6), Mexico (6), Religion (5), 1962 (4), Drama (4), Party (3), Symbolism (3), Death (3), Food (3), Guest (2), Upper Class (2), Trapped (2), 60s (2), Terminal Illness (2), (2), Spiritual Cinema (1), Thirst (1)

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