Fresh
A tour de force, a triumph by a director confronting almost impossible complications and contradictions and mastering them. It's very funny, all right, but remember: With Bunuel, you only laugh when it hurts.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Phantom of Liberty
Luis Bunuel's kinkiest comedy.
1974 · 1h 44m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Luis Buñuel
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The Phantom of Liberty
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. 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.
Director and cast
- Luis Buñuel Director
- Adriana Asti as la dame en noir, la soeur du premier préfet
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Mr. Foucault
- Julien Bertheau as le premier préfet de police
- Milena Vukotić as L'infirmière
- Maxence Mailfort Cast
- Monica Vitti Cast
- Jean Rochefort Cast
- Michel Piccoli Cast
- Hélène Perdrière Cast
- Adolfo Celi Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The physical production is stunning to look at. The cast is large, first-rate, but the presence that dazzles us is that of the Old Master, just off screen, mercilessly testing our senses of sanity and humor.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Albeit scattershot, Phantom does cohere as a satire of keeping up appearances in which everything is as it appears.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
Fresh
The challenging lack of a narrative center doesn't prevent this film from having a great deal to say about the modern world and its ambivalent grasp of freedom.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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