That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) ( Cet obscur objet du désir ) ( Ese oscuro objeto del deseo )

That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) (DVD) (*)

~~$20.99~~ $14.97

Original Title: Cet obscur objet du désir
Alternate Title: Ese oscuro objeto del deseo
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Luis Bunuel

Written By:
Luis Bunuel
Jean-Claude Carrière

Actors:
Fernando Rey ..... Mathieu
Carole Bouquet ..... Conchita
Ángela Molina ..... Conchita
Julien Bertheau ..... Judge
André Weber ..... Valet
Milena Vukotic ..... Woman in Train
María Asquerino ..... Encarnación - madre de Conchita
Ellen Bahl ..... Manolita
Valerie Blanco ..... La femme qui reprise dans la vitrine
Auguste Carrière ..... Un voyageur
Jacques Debary
Antonio Duque
André Lacombe
Lita Lluch-Peiro
Annie Monange

Synopsis:

Adapted from Pierre Louys' 1898 novel La Femme et le Pantin, That Obscure Object of Desire is the 30th and final film from the great Luis Buñuel. Recounted in flashback to a group of railway travellers, the story wryly details the romantic perils of Mathieu (Buñuel favorite Fernando Rey), a wealthy, middle-aged French sophisticate who falls desperately in love with his 19-year-old former chambermaid Conchita. 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 characterizes all of Buñuel's finest work, That Obscure Object of Desire takes satiric aim at a decadent, decaying society riddled by political unrest and moral bankruptcy. The picture is absurdist even in its casting -- Rey's dialogue was dubbed by the French actor Michel Piccoli, while the two-faced, hot-and-cold Conchita is played, logically enough, by two different actresses (Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina, respectively), with the character's dialogue spoken by yet a third performer. The same Louys novel was also filmed by Josef von Sternberg in 1935 as the Marlene Dietrich vehicle The Devil Is a Woman, and again in 1959 as Julien Duvivier's La Femme et le Pantin, starring Brigitte Bardot.

That Obscure Object of Desire is a 1977 film directed by Luis Buñuel. Set in Spain and France against the backdrop of a terrorist insurgency, the film tells the story of an aging Frenchman who falls in love with a young woman who repeatedly frustrates his romantic and sexual desires.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 20 July, 2021.