That Obscure Object of Desire
Luis Buñuel's masterpiece
1977 fr 103 minutes
Rating: 7.4
Plot
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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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
Jean-Claude Montalban
Waiter in the Bar
Muni
Concierge
Bernard Musson
Deporting Policeman
Piéral
Psychology Teacher
Isabelle Rattier
Secretary
David Rocha
El Morenito
Isabelle Sadoyan
Jadiner
Juan Santamaría
Travel Agency Employee
Mario David
(uncredited)
Agnès Gattegno
(uncredited)
Silke Humel
(uncredited)
Roger Ibáñez
(uncredited)
Richard Leduc
(uncredited)
Guy Montagné
(uncredited)
Justo Ruiz
Sect's Member (uncredited)
Michel Piccoli
Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
