L’Age d’Or (1930)
- Original title
- L'Âge d'or
- Directed by
- Luis Buñuel
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 341 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Using surreal imagery and title cards, this early sound film mocks the absurdities of modern life. It targets the hypocrisy of bourgeois sexual morality and the Catholic Church's value system.
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What happens
L'Age d'Or (French: L'Âge d'or, pronounced [lɑʒ dɔʁ]), commonly translated as The Golden Age or Age of Gold, is a 1930 French surrealist satirical comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel; the film is about the insanities of modern life, the hypocrisy of the sexual mores of bourgeois society, and the value system of the Catholic Church. The screenplay is by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Although L'Age d'Or was one of the first sound films made in France, along with Miss Europe and Under the Roofs of Paris, much of the story is told with title cards like a predominantly silent film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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