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Mexico8 Essential Mexican FilmsStop 5 of 8
The Exterminating Angel
El ángel exterminador
After an elegant dinner party, the wealthy guests find themselves inexplicably unable to leave the drawing room, and as days pass their civilized veneer crumbles into savagery. Luis Buñuel's mordant, surreal satire of the bourgeoisie.
Why it’s here
A Mexican surrealist classic about class ritual and social collapse.
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genre
- Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
- Mood
- funny · thoughtful · dreamlike
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- shorter watch · a lighter route · film history