The Exterminating Angel

Original title: El ángel exterminador

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8.0/10

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Dark Comedy Drama Fantasy

The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

36K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations

Leandro Gomez
(as Jose Baviera)

Augusto Benedico

Carlos Conde

Luis Beristáin

Cristián Ugalde
(as Luis Beristain)

Antonio Bravo

Sergio Russell

Claudio Brook

Julio mayordomo

César del Campo

Alvaro
(as Cesar Del Campo)

Rosa Elena Durgel

Silvia

Lucy Gallardo

Lucía de Nobile

Enrique García Álvarez

Alberto Roc
(as Enrique Garcia Alvarez)

Ofelia Guilmáin

Juana Avila
(as Ofelia Guilmain)

Nadia Haro Oliva

Ana Maynar

Tito Junco

Raúl

Xavier Loyá

Francisco Avila
(as Xavier Loya)

Xavier Massé

Eduardo
(as Xavier Masse)

Ofelia Montesco

Beatriz

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Trivia
Luis Buñuel has publicly stated that he considers the film a failure and that if he had shot it later in Paris, he would have gone more extreme with it (cannibalism).

Goofs
After the butler trips in the dining room, the lady of the house follows him into the kitchen. While they speak the boom mic can clearly be seen at the bottom of the screen, extending out from under a table.

Quotes
Rita Ugalde: I believe the common people, the lower class people, are less sensitive to pain. Haven't you ever seen a wounded bull? Not a trace of pain.
[Creo que la gente del pueblo, la gente baja, es menos sensible al dolor. ¿Usted ha visto un toro herido alguna vez? Impasible]

Alternate versions
In the uncut print (featured on the Criterion DVD) the guests enter the mansion and go upstairs twice. Some versions omit the surrealistic second arrival.

Connections
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Le contrôle de l'univers (1999)

Soundtracks
Sonata No. 6
(uncredited)
Music by Pietro Domenico Paradisi

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Bunuel

a satire. a bitter portrait of a too old reality. a parable. or only a story by Bunuel. like each of his films, a challenge. or more than one of challenges. because it represents more than a social critic. the motif - it is the story of contemporary realities more than one of the "60's. the isolation. the captivity, the need to return to old formulas for become, again, part of normal are traits of a film with virtue of warning. and this could be the cause for it remains, long time after you see, present in memory. as a dark picture of a world defined by fear and instinct.