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The Exterminating Angel

1962 · Movie · NR · 93 min · ★ 7.9 · 88% critics

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After a lavish dinner party, a group of wealthy guests discovers they simply can’t bring themselves to leave the mansion, even though nothing is physically stopping them. As hours turn into days and supplies run low, their polished manners crumble, tensions rise, and the gathering becomes a bleak, surreal test of how quickly “civilized” behavior can fall apart.

Also known as El ángel exterminador

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Details
Original title
El ángel exterminador
Years
1962
Release date
1962-05-16
Language
Spanish
Rated
NR
Runtime
93 min
Critic score
88/100
TMDB rating
7.9/10 (737 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a surreal, claustrophobic satire that turns social niceties into pressure-cooker conflict, similar in spirit to Viridiana or The Milky Way; Not for you if you need clear answers and straightforward storytelling.

Pros: bold surreal premise; sharp class satire; mounting dread | Cons: deliberately confusing; repetitive stretches; hard to connect

Themes

  • sheep
  • quarantine
  • upper class
  • guest
  • room
  • surrealism
  • lamb
  • bear
  • mansion
  • black and white
  • roman catholic church
  • pretension
  • +3 more

Cast & crew

Directed by Luis Buñuel