Mateo leans back. The irony was thick enough to cut with a knife. Here he was, sitting in his modest apartment, about to obtain a film about a group of wealthy diplomats and socialites who try desperately to have a dinner party but are constantly thwarted by their own absurdity and the absurdity of the world around them.
Buñuel uses dreams—often nested within dreams—to blur the line between reality and fantasy. el discreto encanto de la burguesia spanish torrent
: Soldiers arriving for maneuvers or "war games" in the middle of a meal. Nightmarish Visions Mateo leans back