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The Phantom of Liberty ( French: Le Fantôme de la liberté) is a 1974 comedy drama film by Luis Buñuel, produced by Serge Silberman and starring Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau and Jean-Claude Brialy.
Oct 27, 1974 · A series of absurd and satirical vignettes that critique morality and society in a stream of consciousness style. The title is a reference to "The Communist Manifesto" and the film features Napoléon Bonaparte, earthly monks, snipers, and a disappearing woman.
Feb 19, 2021 · The original trailer of The Phantom of Liberty directed by Luis Buñuel. With Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti. ...more
A film that challenges the conventions of time, space, and narrative, The Phantom of Liberty is a subversive and audacious work by the Spanish-born director. It features a cast of French stars in a series of absurd and shocking vignettes that satirize social rituals and hypocrisy.
May 21, 2002 · In Buñuel’s surrealist world, society is comprised of irrational, oppressing and decadent institutions. The Phantom of Liberty is an extremely complex film. It has more than 60 speaking parts and features characters from two historical periods (the Napoleonic Wars to the present day).
Overview. 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.
Toledo, 1808, a Spanish city occupied by French Napoleonic troops. A firing squad executes a small group of Spanish rebels who cry out Down with liberty! or Long live chains! The troops are encamped in a Catholic church which they desecrate by drinking, singing, and eating the communion wafers.
