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That Obscure Object of Desire

That Obscure Object of Desire

Luis Buñuel's masterpiece

19777.41h 43m

Overview

After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.

Directed by Luis Buñuel
Written by Luis Buñuel, Pierre Louÿs, Jean-Claude Carrière
Produced by Serge Silberman
Box Office0Revenue: $3K

Top Cast

Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

Mathieu Faber

Carole Bouquet

Carole Bouquet

Conchita

Ángela Molina

Ángela Molina

Conchita

Julien Bertheau

Julien Bertheau

Édouard

André Weber

André Weber

Martin

Milena Vukotić

Milena Vukotić

Mother on the Train

María Asquerino

María Asquerino

Encarnación, Conchita's Mother

Ellen Bahl

Ellen Bahl

Manolita

V

Valerie Blanco

Isabelle

A

Auguste Carrière

Woman who Mending at the Window

Themes & Keywords

paris, francebombparent child relationshipmistake in personbucketlausanne, switzerlandlovetrainmaidhumiliationseville, spain

About That Obscure Object of Desire

That Obscure Object of Desire is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1977 exploring themes of paris, france, bomb, parent child relationship, mistake in person, bucket, lausanne, switzerland. Directed by Luis Buñuel, it stars Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina. After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.

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