L'Âge d'or

Plot Summary

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

Caridad de Laberdesque Marquise' Chambermaid / Girl at Blangis' Castle

Max Ernst Bandit Leader in the Hut

Josep Llorens Artigas Governor