That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Original title: Cet obscur objet du désir
That Obscure Object of Desire is a 1977 French-language comedy movie directed by Luis Buñuel, with a running time of 1h 43m. It stars Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet and 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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Stream: Criterion Channel
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Cast
- Fernando Rey as Mathieu Faber
- Carole Bouquet as Conchita
- Ángela Molina as Conchita
- Julien Bertheau as Édouard
- André Weber as Martin
- Milena Vukotić as Mother on the Train
- María Asquerino as Encarnación, Conchita's Mother
- Ellen Bahl as Manolita
- Valerie Blanco as Isabelle
- Auguste Carrière as Woman who Mending at the Window
- Jacques Debary as Judge on the Train
- Antonio Duque as Driver