The Phantom of Liberty
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| French | Le Fantôme de la liberté |
| Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
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| Produced by | Serge Silberman |
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| Cinematography | Edmond Richard |
| Edited by | Hélène Plemiannikov |
Production company | Greenwich Film Productions |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
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| Language | French |
The Phantom of Liberty (French: Le Fantôme de la liberté) is a 1974 surrealist satirical black comedy film co-written and directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Serge Silberman. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Adriana Asti, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Paul Frankeur, Michael Lonsdale, Pierre Maguelon, François Maistre, Hélène Perdrière, Michel Piccoli, Claude Piéplu, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Verley, Milena Vukotic and Monica Vitti.
The film features a nonlinear plot structure that consists of various otherwise unrelated episodes linked only by the movement of certain characters from one situation to another and exhibits Buñuel's typical ribald satirical humor combined with a series of increasingly outlandish and far-fetched incidents intended to challenge the viewer's pre-conceived notions about the stability of social mores and reality. The Phantom of Liberty was critically acclaimed and is considered to be one of Buñuel's best films.