That Obscure Object of Desire / Diary of a Chambermaid ( Cet obscur objet du désir / Le journal d'une femme de chambre )

That Obscure Object of Desire / Diary of a Chambermaid (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cet obscur objet du désir / Le journal d'une femme de chambre
Alternate Title: That Obscure Object of Desire / Diary of a Chambermaid
Screened, competed or awarded at:
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 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
288 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1964-1977 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Luis Bunuel

Written By:
Luis Bunuel
Jean-Claude Carrière
Pierre Louÿs

Octave Mirbeau

Actors:
Fernando Rey ..... Mathieu
Carole Bouquet ..... Conchita
Ángela Molina ..... Conchita
Julien Bertheau ..... Edouard
André Weber ..... Martin
Milena Vukotic ..... Femme dans le train
María Asquerino ..... Encarnación - madre de Conchita
Ellen Bahl ..... Manolita
Valerie Blanco ..... Isabelle
Auguste Carrière ..... La femme qui reprise dans la vitrine
Jacques Debary ..... Un voyageur
Antonio Duque ..... Conducteur
André Lacombe ..... Portier
Lita Lluch-Peiro ..... Ballerine
Annie Monange ..... Concierge
Jean-Claude Montalban ..... Deporting Policeman
Muni ..... Psychologist
Bernard Musson ..... El Morenito
Piéral ..... Jadiner
Isabelle Rattier
David Rocha
Isabelle Sadoyan
Juan Santamaría
Mario David
Agnès Gattegno
Silke Humel ..... Sect's Member
Roger Ibáñez
Richard Leduc
Guy Montagné
Justo Ruiz
Jeanne Moreau ..... Céléstine
Georges Géret ..... Joseph
Daniel Ivernel ..... M Mauger
Françoise Lugagne ..... Mme Monteil
Muni ..... Marianne
Jean Ozenne ..... M Rabour
Michel Piccoli ..... M Monteil
Joëlle Bernard
Françoise Bertin ..... Le curé
Jean-Claude Carrière ..... La voyageuse
Aline Bertrand ..... Le voyageur
Pierre Collet
Michel Dacquin ..... La cuisinière des Monteil
Madeleine Damien ..... Le secrétaire du commissaire
Marc Eyraud ..... Le facteur
Jean Franval ..... Rose
Gilberte Géniat ..... Le brigadier qui vient arrêter Joseph
Gabriel Gobin ..... Le sacristain
Bernard Musson ..... La commère
Jeanne Pérez ..... Le chef de gare
Marcel Rouzé ..... Claire
Dominique Sauvage ..... La paysanne
Andrée Tainsy ..... Le brigadier sur le quai de la gare
Geymond Vital ..... Le juge
Claude Jaeger
Marguerite Bour ..... Le policier
Marcel Le Floch
Dominique Zardi

Synopsis:

That Obscure Object of Desire: Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passengers, a man pours a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hours he explains (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her personality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her... Diary of a Chambermaid: Celestine, the chambermaid, has new job on the country. The Monteils, who she works for are a group of strange people. The wife is frigid, her husband is always hunting (both animals and women) and her father is a shoe-fetishist. Joseph, the farm-labourer is a fascist and sexually attracted to Celestine. Celestine settles herself and talks to the neighbour, an ex-officer, who likes damaging his neighbour's things. After the death of the old man, she quits her job, but because of the rape and murder of a child 'Little Claire' she decides to stay, believing that Joseph is the murderer. To get his confession she sleeps with him and promises to marry him. In spite of her engagement she fakes evidence to implicate him in the murder. He is arrested, but is released because the evidence is inconclusive. She marries the ex-officer and takes on a housewife role similar to that of Madame Monteil.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 20 October, 2022.

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