An ordinary man

The third World War has destroyed the old Europe and each nation returns to a state of chaos. Jobs are hard to come by.Jean Conti, our hero, is called for an interview for a well-paid job.Over breakfast, he discusses with his wife Myriam what his chances are of getting “proper employment”, like before the war…”.He is taken to a large room where he is asked to undress.He is asked all kinds of questions. And, to his astonishment, he gradually discovers that he is not what he thought he was…Category 1: Europe after the Third World War. The originality and violence of this drama by Juan Luis Buñuel lies in the way it treats in a science fiction atmosphere everyday problems faced by industrialized societies today. A very strange and highly controversial film.