L'Âge d'or

A surrealist masterpiece.

Overview

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

Top Cast

Gaston Modot

The Man

Lya Lys

The Woman

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Caridad de Laberdesque

Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle

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Max Ernst

Bandit Leader in the Hut

Josep Llorens Artigas

Governor

Lionel Salem

Duke of Blangis

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Germaine Noizet

Marquise of X

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Duchange

Orchestra Conductor

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Bonaventura Ibáñez

Marquis of X

Jean Aurenche

Bandit (uncredited)