That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du desir)
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- Fernando Rey
- Carole Bouquet
- Ángela Molina
- Julien Bertheau
- André Weber
- Milena Vukotic
- María Asquerino
- Ellen Bahl
- Valerie Blanco
- Auguste Carrière
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- Mar 24, 2017
Lana Del Rey's favorite movie, probably.
cassandraDec 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…
Carlos ValladaresJul 11, 2018"Mateo, you don't understand women." ...neither did 77 year old Luis Buñuel.
Andrew McMahon - 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…
Rafael "Mister Movie" JovineOct 16, 2017can i get uhhh lana del rey's entire discography to go
mia 🦇Jul 28, 2021The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus... Where else but a Buñuel film?
VonBergundy - 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…
nickDec 16, 2013I 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…
Sally Jane BlackJan 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…
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- 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