
That Obscure Object of Desire
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.
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.
- director
- Luis Buñuel
- cast
- Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau
- runtime
- 1 hr 43 mins
people also liked
A Gentle Woman
Sapphire
The Windmill
Promise Me This
Formula of Love
The Phantom of Liberty
Inhale
Nazarin
The Offence
Simon of the Desert
Blame It on Rio
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Belle de Jour
The Fury
Sorry, Wrong Number
Love in the Afternoon
The Young and the Damned
Another Woman
Swing Kids
Drunken Angel