Comedy,Drama
France,Italy
The Phantom of Liberty is a 1974 Spanish-French film directed by Luis Buñuel. The film is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, each exploring absurdist and surreal themes involving the human condition, social norms, and political ideologies.
The film begins with an unusual dinner party in which the guests sit on toilets instead of chairs, taking breaks throughout the meal to go to the bathroom. From there, the film moves through a series of bizarre scenes, including a group of monks who participate in a mock execution, a little girl who visits a high-end brothel, and a man who has a conversation with his dead mother.
One of the central themes of the film is the subversion of social norms and conventions. Many of the scenes involve characters engaging in behavior that is taboo or inappropriate, such as a teacher who masturbates in front of his students, or a group of people who break into a museum to stage an imaginary orgy.
Despite the seemingly random nature of the scenes, the film ultimately coheres into a larger commentary on societal structures and the human experience. The Phantom of Liberty is considered a classic of surrealist cinema, and a highlight of Buñuel's later career.
