Around The World with Luis Būnuel Film Series | Sep 4 - Oct 12, 2025

Young Séverine begins working at an upscale brothel during the afternoons as a“beauty of the day” while her husband is at the office.

Belle du Jour

To celebrate 125 years since the director’s birth, this series considers Buñuel’s films made in France, Mexico, and Spain, presenting a snapshot of one of the last century’s most radical populist artists.

Around the World with/Autour du monde avec/La vuelta al mundo con Luis Buñuel

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Beloved actor Arturo de Córdova plays against type as an entitled chauvinist in a brutal takedown of toxic masculinity.

Parisian maid Célestine (Jeanne Moreau) moves to a remote estate to tend house for the peculiar Monsieur Monteil (Michel Piccoli), joining a downstairs team of eccentrics whose idiosyncrasies rival those of their fetishistic employer.

Diary of a Chambermaid (Le Journal d'une femme de chambre)

Inspired by the angel of death, Luis Buñuel’s original script is a pitch-black satire about a wealthy group of friends who find themselves unable to leave a room after a dinner party.

The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador)

Preparing to devote her life as a nun, Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) is summoned to pay her uncle Don Jaime (Fernando Rey) one last visit before taking her vows.

Viridiana

A landmark collaboration between filmmaking legend Luis Buñuel and surrealist icon Salvador Dalí.

Un chien andalou

This 1960 drama explores themes of oppression and morality through characters driven by racism and pedophilia.

The Young One

A beautiful young woman escapes a reform school and destabilizes the relationship dynamics of a well-to-do ranch family.

Susana

A group of bourgeoisie keeps trying to make plans despite a parade of interruptions.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Made by director Luis Buñuel during his prolific yet still under-appreciated two-decade period in Mexico.

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Land-Without-Bread-Simon-of-the-Desert

This surrealist masterpiece comprises nonlinear episodes moving from the early 1800s during Napoleon’s colonial occupation in Spain and monks gambling while drinking and smoking to an upper-class gathering with guests seated on toilet seats.

Around the World with/Autour du monde avec/La vuelta al mundo con Luis Buñuel

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