Luis Buñuel

The Profile

Luis Buñuel (1900–1983) was a Spanish film director and a key figure in surrealist cinema, known for satirical, often anticlerical films that criticize bourgeois society.

Born September 22, 1900, in Calanda (Spain). Co-created the surrealist short film “Un Chien Andalou” (1929) with Salvador Dalí. “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Across these reviews, Buñuel is praised as a major surrealist filmmaker and a relentless critic of bourgeois hypocrisy and religious authority. Writers highlight dreamlike structures, allegory, and scenes that disrupt realism, often mixing comedy with discomfort. Several reviews call individual films masterpieces (notably Un Chien Andalou, Belle de Jour, Tristana, and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), though a few express ambivalence about excess or opacity.