This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
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Adriana Asti as The Lady in Black, the Sister of the First Prefect
Milena Vukotić as The Nurse
Jean-Claude Brialy as Mr. Foucault
Monica Vitti as Mrs. Foucault
Jean Rochefort as Mr. Legendre
Michel Piccoli as The Second Police Prefect
Adolfo Celi as The Doctor
Claude Piéplu as The Commissioner
Paul Frankeur as The Innkeeper
Pierre Maguelon as The Policeman
François Maistre as The Professor
Marie-France Pisier as Mrs. Calmette
Michael Lonsdale as The Hatter
Paul Le Person as Father Gabriel
Julien Bertheau as The First Police Prefect
Maxence Mailfort as The Lieutenant of the Dragoons
Hélène Perdrière as The Aunt
Pierre-François Pistorio as The Nephew
Pascale Audret as Mrs. Legendre
Anne-Marie Deschodt as Edith Rosenblum
Bernard Verley as The Captain of the Dragons
Jenny Astruc as The Professor's Wife
Ellen Bahl as Françoise, the Legendre's Nurse
Philippe Brigaud as The Satyr
Philippe Brizard as The Bartender at 'Georges'
Agnès Capri as The School Principal
Jean Champion as The First Doctor
Jacques Debary as Le président du tribunal
Jean-Michel Dhermay as The French Officer
Pierre Lary as The Acquitted Murderer
Marius Laurey as The Cemetery Guardian
Alix Mahieux as The Hostess at the Social Reception
Guy Montagné as A Monk
Bernard Musson as Father Raphaël
Muni as The Foucauld Family Nanny
Jean Mauvais as A Police Officer
Marcel Pérès as A Monk
Jean Rougerie as Charles
André Rouyer as The Brigadier
Marianne Borgo as
Auguste Carrière as The Maid of the Square
Jean Degrave as
Orane Demazis as The Mother of the First Police Prefect
Luis Buñuel as A Condemned Man (uncredited)
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