The Exterminating Angel (1962)
1h 29m 6.9/10 IMDb
A group of high-society friends are invited to a mansion for dinner and find themselves inexplicably unable to leave, in Luis Buñuel’s daring masterpiece THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (EL ÁNGEL EXTERMINADOR). Made just one year after the director’s international sensation VIRIDIANA, this film, full of eerie comic absurdity, continues Buñuel’s wicked takedown of the rituals and dependencies of the frivolous upper classes.
Director: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Claudio Brook, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Content Warnings
Phobias & Sensory
Confined spaces (claustrophobia)
Substance Use
Alcohol abuse (depicted)
Violence & Physical Harm
Animal cruelty / animal death
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