The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The sixth film of our 2024 French Film Festival is ♦️ The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ♦️

How can I watch?

Join us in The Multicultural Center at Los Angeles Pierce College on Tuesday, March 26.

3:00-4:00 p.m: Closing reception (with catering by Pascal Pâtisserie & Café) and French songs by Guys and Doll featuring Dominique Merrill and Les chemins de l’amour by Francis Poulenc and interpreted by Shereen Saiyed. 

4:00-7:00 p.m: The film, followed by a Q&A with Prof. Donna Accardo, Dept. of English & Prof. Denis Pra, Dept. of Modern Languages. 

Free admission!

What’s the film about?

Rafael Acosta, ambassador from a fictional South American republic, arrives with M. and Mme. Thévenot and the latter’s younger sister Florence to dine at the home of M. and Mme. Sénéchal (the three men enjoy a profitable association by smuggling heroin). Learning from Mme. Sénéchal that her husband is out and they have arrived a day early, the party repair to a nearby restaurant but are deterred from eating the meal they have ordered by the corpse of the proprietor, laid out in the next room. Their further attempts to eat together and their acceptance of the increasingly bizarre events interrupting them are interwoven with dream sequences, revealing the entitled hypocrisy and deep-seated fears of the continually frustrated dinner guests.

A trailer for the film can be found by clicking this link. 

If you need an accommodation due to a disability to participate in the French Film Festival, please contact Prof. Denis R. Pra at pradr@piercecollege.edu or 818-710-2257, at least 5 business days in advance.