The Exterminating Angel
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“We haven’t all gone crazy, have we?”
Overview
A high-society party turns awry when the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave in Luis Buñuel’s surreal takedown of bourgeois sensibility, The Exterminating Angel. Hosts Edmundo and Lucía Nóbile (Enrique Rambal and Lucy Gallardo) quickly find their gathering spiraling out of control: they’ve run out of water, the closet has become a toilet, guests are revolting, illness spreads, suicides abound, there’s even some sheep and a bear loose around the place. Meanwhile outside, a crowd gathers, unable to enter, and so does a legion of soldiers.
Why You Should See This Film
Well before the recent wave of rich-idiot satires sweeping cinema and television, Luis Buñuel exposed the true nature of the elite in this scathing, allegorical black comedy. Nothing short of a nightmare captured on film, The Exterminating Angel dodges logic at every turn, leaning into absurdity and ironic cruelty for mordant laughs and an unforgettably claustrophobic atmosphere. Best seen with a crowd! We promise our cinema doors will allow you passage.
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