• Director(s)

    Luis Bunuel

  • Production Year

    1930

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    62m

  • Cast

    Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad De Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Duchange, Bonaventura Ibanez

Film

L'age D'or

Contains moderate violence and sex references

A couple's attempts to consumate their relationship are thwarted by family, the Church and society. This surrealist 1930 drama, featuring moderate violence and sexual references, is more likely to appeal to older viewers…

A couple's attempts to consumate their relationship are thwarted by family, the Church and society. This surrealist 1930 drama, featuring moderate violence and sexual references, is more likely to appeal to older viewers

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

disturbing images

theme

threat and horror

  • Director(s)

    Luis Bunuel

  • Production Year

    1930

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    62m

  • Cast

    Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad De Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Duchange, Bonaventura Ibanez

Contains moderate violence and sex references
Classified Date:
19/12/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI (Access)
Classified Date:
04/01/1980
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
British Film Institute Ltd
Contains moderate violence and sex references
Classified Date:
09/08/2004
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
A young boy is shot with a gun and falls to the ground, with sight of blood on his head afterwards. There is also some milder violence, including a woman's face being slapped. A man falls out of a window.
language
There is use of mild bad language, including 'bastard'.
sex
The theme of the film is a couple's inability to consumate their relationship because of outside pressures. In one surreal scene, a woman sucks the toe of a statue in a suggestive manner. There are verbal references to orgies, virgins, debauchery and to the Marquis de Sade's novel, 120 Days of Sodom.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man forces kisses on an unwilling woman but she is saved by other men.
injury detail
A man has a wounded eye, with blood over the eye and his cheek. A woman with blood on her clothing collapses and is picked up by a Christ-like figure. After this, bloody scalps are shown hanging from a Cross.
disturbing images
A man briefly kicks a dog.
theme
The film's surreal criticism of religion may upset or confuse some viewers and led to the film being accused of blasphemy in the past.

  • Classified date

    09/08/2004

  • BBFC reference

    AVF041478

  • Language

    French