The Exterminating Angel

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Cast & Crew

Silvia Pinal
Leticia "La Valkiria"

Jacqueline Andere
Alicia de Roc

José Baviera
Susan Barrett

Enrique Rambal
Edmundo Nobile

Augusto Benedico
Carlos Conde

Luis Beristáin
Cristián Ugalde

Antonio Bravo
Sergio Russell

Claudio Brook
Mayordomo Julio, Steward

César del Campo
Coronel Alvaro, Colonel

Lucy Gallardo
Lucía de Nobile

Luis Buñuel
Director

Luis Alcoriza
Writer

Luis Buñuel
Writer

Gustavo Alatriste
Producer

Raúl Lavista
Original Music

Gabriel Figueroa
Cinematography

Carlos Savage
Film Editing

Jesús Bracho
Production Design

Georgette Somohano
Costume Design

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Audience Reviews for The Exterminating Angel

• Jun 04, 2018

  Buñuel clearly refuses to be subtle in this sharp allegorical satire (and because of that I only wish he had gone even further and embraced insanity and chaos all the way), using an absurd and quite ingenious idea to give a well-deserved slap on bourgeois values and hypocrisy.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Jun 06, 2015

  I've been pretty conflicted on what to rate The Exterminating Angel, on one side I felt compelled to give it a "positive" rating and bump it up half a star, but then I look at other films I have given this rating and almost all of them are better. The issue I had with this film is it kind of goes in streaks, of scenes I love and scenes I find dispensable. When it began, it felt somewhat choppy- I later understood the purpose of this- but regardless that is the affect it gave, making it hard to get into. Once the story began about the group of bourgeoisie members trapped in tan upscale room, it had many funny lines and ironic scenes. But as the film went along I felt that I was trapped in the same prison the characters were in, and just like everyone in the room wanted to get away from these idiots. By the time the hallucinations began I started enjoying the comedic work again, but there was a long point in the film where I couldn't wait for it to end. While I found the comedy successful the surrealism was clear but not effective. I love surrealistic pieces like Eraserhead or Un Chien Andalou- which Bunuel himself contributed too. But all the ones I love are eerie, dark, and symbolic. The surrealism in The Exterminating Angel, silly and weird but not eerie, dark, or symbolic. Bunuel has two obsession in his films, Christianity and the bourgeoisie. While there are funny moments regarding both categories, I can't distinguish his statement on either. Was the point that the bourgeoisie were becoming the working class, they once couldn't understand? Are they now the ones that are trapped, like their inferiors were once? That's the most I understood, but even their I can't complete the puzzle.
  

  Daniel D Super Reviewer
• May 11, 2014

  I love that Buñuel takes these characters seriously while placing them in the most absurd of scenarios. Like "Viridiana" this kind of consideration makes the satire more potent. I bet this film still makes members of the upper class angry.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Jul 02, 2012

  Very unusual but charmingly so. Oddly humourous and surprisingly captivating. Honestly had not heard of it until its mention in Midnight in Paris - very glad I did.
  Sunil J Super Reviewer

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