That Obscure Object of Desire

Cet obscur objet du désir

1977·103'

Luis Buñuel

DramaComedyRomance

★ 7.5

Letterboxd TMDB #5781

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.

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