That Obscure Object of Desire poster
Director Luis Buñuel
Screenplay Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Pierre Louÿs

That Obscure Object of Desire

Original Title: Cet obscur objet du désir

Tagline: Luis Buñuel's masterpiece

Release Date: 1977-08-17

Duration: 103 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Ángela Molina
    Conchita
  • Carole Bouquet
    Conchita
  • Fernando Rey
    Mathieu Faber
  • Ellen Bahl
    Manolita
  • André Weber
    Martin
  • Jacques Debary
    Judge on the Train
  • Milena Vukotić
    Mother on the Train
  • Isabelle Sadoyan
    Jadiner
  • Mario David
    (uncredited)
  • André Lacombe
    Doorman