L’Âge d’Or

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L’Âge d’Or is a 1930 French surrealist film co-written and directed by Luis Buñuel that scandalized audiences with its anti-bourgeois, anti-clerical satire and avant-garde imagery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
surrealist film
artisticCollaboration collaboration between Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí
censorshipStatus banned in France for many years
cinematographyBy Albert Duverger
controversy attacked by right-wing groups in Paris
countryOfOrigin France
coWriter Luis Buñuel
Salvador Dalí
director Luis Buñuel
distribution limited release due to censorship
editedBy Luis Buñuel
era early sound film era
format black-and-white
genre avant-garde film
satire
surrealism
hasTheme critique of the Church
critique of the bourgeoisie
sexual repression
social hypocrisy
historicalSignificance early example of avant-garde feature film
landmark of surrealist cinema
includedIntertitles no
initialReception scandalized audiences
inspiredBy surrealist principles
movement surrealism
musicBy Georges Auric
narrativeFocus doomed love affair
notableFor anti-bourgeois satire
anti-clerical satire
controversial content
surreal imagery
originalLanguage French
predecessorWork Un Chien Andalou
premiereLocation Paris
premiereYear 1930
producer Charles de Noailles
productionCompany Vicente Huidobro Films
releaseYear 1930
runningTimeMinutes 63
sound synchronized sound
stars Caridad de Laberdesque
Gaston Modot
Lya Lys
Max Ernst
title L’Âge d’Or
translatedTitle The Golden Age

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Luis Buñuel notableWork L’Âge d’Or
L’Âge d’Or title L’Âge d’Or
Charles de Noailles notableWork L’Âge d’Or (patronage)
linked to: L’Âge d’Or
Charles de Noailles notableWork L’Âge d’Or (Luis Buñuel film he financed)
linked to: L’Âge d’Or