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📅 1977 ⏱ 1h 43min R Released FHD / 4K

That Obscure Object of Desire

Cet obscur objet du désir

"Luis Buñuel's masterpiece"

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

🎬 DirectorLuis Buñuel

📅 Release1977-08-17

🌍 CountryFrance, Spain

🗣 LanguageSpanish, French

🏢 StudioIncine, Greenwich Film Production, Les Films Galaxie

🗳 Votes434

🔥 Popularity1

💵 Revenue$2,864

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🎭 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

Valerie Blanco

Isabelle

Auguste Carrière

Woman who Mending at the Window

Jacques Debary

Judge on the Train

Antonio Duque

Driver

André Lacombe

Doorman

Lita Lluch-Peiro

Dancer

Annie Monange

Cabaret Employee

🎥 Crew

DirectorLuis Buñuel

EditorHélène Plemiannikov

ScreenplayLuis Buñuel

Director of PhotographyEdmond Richard

ScreenplayPierre Louÿs

ProducerSerge Silberman

ScreenplayJean-Claude Carrière

Makeup ArtistOdette Berroyer

HairstylistPierre Berroyer

Production ManagerCarlos Ramón Lluch

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🏷 Keywords

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💬 Reviews

CinemaSerf⭐ 7/10

There is just a great dynamic here between the wealthy "Mathieu" (Fernando Rey) and his mischievous femme de chambre "Conchita" (Ángela Molina & Carole Bouquet). Why two actresses? Well that's because Luis Buñuel has decided to tell this entertaining story using a couple of timelines that show just how this rather stayed and sophisticated man fell under the spell of his servant and of how their …