Directed by:
Luis BuñuelCinematography:
Edmond RichardCast:
Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Milena Vukotic, Julien Bertheau, Jacques Debary, Mario David, Bernard Musson, Piéral, André Weber, David Rocha (more)Plots(1)
Adapted from Pierre Louÿs’ 1898 novel ‘Le Femme et le Pantin’, That Obscure Object of Desire marked Buñuel’s final film. Recounted in flashback to a group of railway travellers, the story wryly details the romantic perils of Mathieu (Buñuel favourite Fernando Rey), a wealthy middle-aged French sophisticate who falls desperately in love with his 19-year-old former chambermaid Conchita (Carole Bouquet). Thus begins a surreal game of sexual cat-and-mouse, with Mathieu obsessively attempting to win the girl’s affections as she manipulates his carnal desires, each vying to gain absolute control of the other. Brimming with the subversive wit which characterises Buñuel’s finest work, That Obscure Object of Desire takes satiric aim at a decadent, decaying society riddled with political unrest and moral bankruptcy. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Fernando Rey
Spain
Best movies:
The French Connection (1971)
Viridiana (1961)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Carole Bouquet
France
Best movies:
Le Rouge et le noir (1997) (TV movie)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Spécial police (1985)
Ángela Molina
Spain
Best movies:
Live Flesh (1997)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Milena Vukotic
Italy
Best movies:
Franco Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Nostalgia (1983)
All My Friends Part 2 (1982)
Julien Bertheau
Algeria
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Jury of One (1974)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Jacques Debary
France
Best movies:
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Mario David
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Oscar (1967)
Bernard Musson
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Piéral
France
Best movies:
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
The Eternal Return (1943)
André Weber
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Professional (1981)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
David Rocha
Best movies:
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
The Traveler (1979)
The Night of the Werewolf (1981)
Ellen Bahl
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Isabelle Sadoyan
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The Things of Life (1970)
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
André Lacombe
France
Best movies:
The Bear (1988)
The Grand Highway (1987)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Muni
Madagascar
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Richard Leduc
Best movies:
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
N. Took the Dice (1971)
Eden and After (1970)
María Asquerino
Spain
Best movies:
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Common Wealth (2000)
Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room (2006) (TV movie)
Antonio Duque
Best movies:
Roger Ibáñez
France
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Le Pari (1997)
Jean-Claude Montalban
Best movies:
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
La Classe américaine (1993) (TV movie)
Until September (1984)