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 La dame en noir, la soeur du premier préfet
Milena Vukotić as L'infirmière
Jean-Claude Brialy as M. Foucault
Monica Vitti as Mme Foucault
Jean Rochefort as M. Legendre
Michel Piccoli as Le deuxième préfet de police
Adolfo Celi as Le médécin
Claude Piéplu as Le commissaire
Paul Frankeur as L'aubergiste
Pierre Maguelon as Le gendarme
François Maistre as Le professeur
Marie-France Pisier as Mme Calmette
Michael Lonsdale as Le chapelier
Paul Le Person as Le père Gabriel
Julien Bertheau as Le premier préfet de police
Maxence Mailfort as Le lieutenant des dragons
Hélène Perdrière as La tante
Pierre-François Pistorio as Le neuveu
Pascale Audret as Mme Legendre
Anne-Marie Deschodt as Edith Rosenblum
Bernard Verley as Le capitaine des Dragons
Jenny Astruc as La femme du professeur
Ellen Bahl as
Philippe Brigaud as Le satyre
Philippe Brizard as
Agnès Capri as La directrice d'école
Jean Champion as Le premier médecin
Jacques Debary as Le président du tribunal
Jean-Michel Dhermay as
Pierre Lary as L'assassin acquitté
Marius Laurey as Le gardien du cimetière
Alix Mahieux as
Maxence Mailfort as
Guy Montagné as Un moine
Bernard Musson as Le père Raphaël
Muni as
Jean Mauvais as Un agent de police
Marcel Pérès as
Jean Rougerie as Charles
André Rouyer as Le brigadier
Marianne Borgo as
Auguste Carrière as
Jean Degrave as
Orane Demazis as
Luis Buñuel as Un condamné à mort (uncredited)
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