Movie
That Obscure Object of Desire
Luis Buñuel's masterpiece
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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Synopsis
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.
More about That Obscure Object of Desire
Cast
Fernando ReyMathieu Faber
Carole BouquetConchita
Ángela MolinaConchita
Julien BertheauÉdouard
André WeberMartin
Milena VukotićMother on the Train
María AsquerinoEncarnación, Conchita's Mother
Ellen BahlManolitaCredits
- Directed by
- Luis Buñuel
- Written by
- Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Pierre Louÿs
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Cet obscur objet du désir
- Box office
- $2.9K
Production
- IncineSpain
- Greenwich Film ProductionFrance
- Les Films GalaxieFrance
Themes
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