That Obscure Object of Desire
Director: Luis Buñuel
Genre: Satire, Black comedy, Surrealism, Sex comedy, World cinema, Art film, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Romantic drama, Drama
Year: 1977
Country: Spain, France
Language: Spanish Language, French Language
Starring: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Michel Piccoli, Julien Bertheau, María Asquerino, Milena Vukotic, Ellen Bahl
That Obscure Object of Desire (French: Cet obscur objet du désir; Spanish: Ese oscuro objeto del deseo) is a 1977 film directed by Luis Buñuel. Set in Spain and France against the backdrop of a terrorist insurgency, the film tells the story of an aging Frenchman who falls in love with a young woman who repeatedly frustrates his romantic and sexual desires.
A dysfunctional and sometimes violent romance between Mathieu (Fernando Rey), a middle-aged, wealthy Frenchman, and Conchita (Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina), a young, impoverished and beautiful flamenco dancer from Seville (two actresses play one character—Conchita—each appearing unpredictably in separate scenes). The two actresses differ not only physically, but temperamentally as well.
Most of the film is a "flashback," told by Mathieu; the framing, non-flashback story elements appear only at the start and end of the film.
The movie opens with Mathieu travelling by train from Seville to Paris. He's trying to distance himself from his young girlfriend Conchita. As Mathieu's train is ready to depart he finds that a bruised and bandaged Conchita is pursuing him. From the train he pours a bucket of water over her head. He
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