Plot
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.
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Cast
Jean-Claude Brialy
Mr. Foucault
Adriana Asti
Lady in Black
Milena Vukotić
Nurse
Monica Vitti
Mrs. Foucault
Jean Rochefort
Mr. Legendre
Michel Piccoli
Police Prefect #2
Adolfo Celi
Doctor
Claude Piéplu
Commissioner
Paul Frankeur
Innkeeper
Pierre Maguelon
Policeman
François Maistre
Professor
Marie-France Pisier
Mrs. Calmette
Michael Lonsdale
Hatter
Paul Le Person
Father Gabriel
Julien Bertheau
Police Prefect #1
Maxence Mailfort
Lieutenant of the Dragoons
Hélène Perdrière
Aunt
Pierre-François Pistorio
Nephew
Pascale Audret
Mrs. Legendre
Anne-Marie Deschodt
Edith Rosenblum
Bernard Verley
Captain of the Dragons
Jenny Astruc
Professor's Wife
Ellen Bahl
Françoise
Philippe Brigaud
Satyr
Philippe Brizard
Bartender at Georges
Agnès Capri
School Principal
Jean Champion
Doctor #1
Jacques Debary
Court President
Jean-Michel Dhermay
French Officer
Pierre Lary
Acquitted Murderer
Marius Laurey
Cemetery Guardian
Alix Mahieux
Hostess at Social Reception
Guy Montagné
Monk
Bernard Musson
Father Raphaël
Muni
Foucauld Family Nanny
Jean Mauvais
Police Officer
Marcel Pérès
Monk
Jean Rougerie
Charles
André Rouyer
Brigadier
Marianne Borgo
Auguste Carrière
Maid of Square
Jean Degrave
Orane Demazis
Police Prefect #1's Mother
Luis Buñuel
Condemned Man (uncredited)
