L'Âge d'or (1930)

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.

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

What to watch after L'Âge d'or

• Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) — Same feel: provocative, critical
• The Milky Way (1969) — Same subject: surrealism
• Tristana (1970) — Same feel: provocative, cynical
• The Swimming Pool (1969) — Two steps away in the credits
• The Blood of a Poet (1932)
• The Rules of the Game (1939) — Gaston Modot appears in both