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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Producer:

Serge Silberman

Writer:

Jean-Claude Carrière, Pierre Louÿs

Release Date:

Oct 8, 1977

Runtime:

1hr 43m

Synopsis

Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.

Cast

  • Fernando Rey
  • Carole Bouquet
  • Ángela Molina
  • Julien Bertheau
  • André Weber
  • Milena Vukotic
  • María Asquerino
  • Ellen Bahl
  • Valerie Blanco
  • Auguste Carrière

Letterboxd User Reviews

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  • Mar 24, 2017

    Lana Del Rey's favorite movie, probably.

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    cassandra
    cassandra
    Dec 22, 2015

    "If I gave you what you wanted now, you'd stop loving me." So says Conchita, the mercurial-virginal Spanish dancer mysteriously played by two women in Luis Buñuel's final masterpiece Cet Obscur Objet du Désir. When Conchita says this, she's played by the frigid French…

    977 Likes
    Carlos Valladares
    Carlos Valladares
    Jul 11, 2018

    "Mateo, you don't understand women." ...neither did 77 year old Luis Buñuel.

    280 Likes
    Andrew McMahon
    Andrew McMahon
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    Jan 30, 2026

    RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL AQUI ACTION! - LUIS BUNUEL: BETWEEN SOCIAL REALISM AND SURREALISM My Bunuel marathon comes to an end… …and not precisely in a note I was expecting. First things first: I have to disagree with Letterboxd labeling this as Buñuel’s masterpiece. We all…

    208 Likes
    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    Oct 16, 2017

    can i get uhhh lana del rey's entire discography to go

    211 Likes
    mia 🦇
    mia 🦇
    Jul 28, 2021

    The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus... Where else but a Buñuel film?

    190 Likes
    VonBergundy
    VonBergundy
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    Dec 2, 2020

    That Obscure Object of Desire is simply sexy and entertaining. Depicting a cat-and-mouse romance between an older bourgeois man and a young lower class woman, it's a ride filled with lies, erotic frustrations, and abundant symbolism as you would expect from a Bunuel…

    174 Likes
    nick
    nick
    Dec 16, 2013

    I found it disappointing that the casting of two actresses for one role was done to get around a problem in filming and not as an intentional statement. Sure, Bunuel probably took the opportunity to weave a statement into the film with it, especially about the dual nature…

    159 Likes
    Sally Jane Black
    Sally Jane Black
    Jan 30, 2021

    'After what happened last night, I came to see if you were dead. [...] I thought you loved me enough to go off and kill yourself.' That Obscure Object of Desire is an infuriating movie. Infuriating not because it is badly made but because it rejects all the neat trimmings…

    144 Likes
    Lara Pop
    Lara Pop
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Based on 5 Critics
8.3

USER SCORE (26)

Universal acclaim based on 26 Reviews
100

Cinema's greatest surrealist is at the peak of his powers in the last movie of his unparalleled career.

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Metacritic review by David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
100

The lightness with which Bu#241;uel was able to insert the little jokes and knife stabs of surrealism he loved so much is, in fact, divine.

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Metacritic review by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
60

Elaborate exercise in frustration.

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Metacritic review by J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir) (1977)?
The movie is 1hr 43min long.
What's That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir) (1977) about?
Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
Who's the cast of That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir) (1977)?
  • Fernando Rey as Mathieu Faber
  • Carole Bouquet as Conchita Pérez (brunette)
  • Ángela Molina as Conchita
  • Julien Bertheau as Edouard
  • André Weber as Martin
  • Milena Vukotic as Femme dans le train
  • María Asquerino as Encarnación Pérez - madre de Conchita
  • Ellen Bahl as Manolita
  • Valerie Blanco as Isabelle
  • Auguste Carrière as La femme qui reprise dans la vitrine
Who's the director behind That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir) (1977)?
Luis Buñuel directed That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir) (1977).
Who produced That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir) (1977)?
Serge Silberman produced That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir) (1977).