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That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Directed by Luis Buñuel
“Luis Buñuel's masterpiece”
Comedy, Drama, Romance · 1h 43m
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.
Cast
Fernando Rey
Mathieu Faber
Carole Bouquet
Conchita
Ángela Molina
Conchita
Julien Bertheau
Édouard
André Weber
Martin
Milena Vukotić
Mother on the Train
María Asquerino
Encarnación, Conchita's Mother
Ellen Bahl
Manolita
V
Valerie Blanco
Isabelle
A
Auguste Carrière
Woman who Mending at the Window
Jacques Debary
Judge on the Train
Antonio Duque
Driver
Crew
- Director
- Luis Buñuel
- Screenplay
- Luis Buñuel, Pierre Louÿs, Jean-Claude Carrière
- Director of Photography
- Edmond Richard
- Editor
- Hélène Plemiannikov
- Producer
- Serge Silberman
Details
- Original title
- Cet obscur objet du désir
- Release date
- 1977-08-17
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, French
- Countries
- France, Spain
- Production
- Incine, Greenwich Film Production, Les Films Galaxie
- Box office
- $2,864