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    Cet obscur objet du désir

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    1977     Romantic comedy-drama    
    France/Spain
    1h 42min
    Original lang: French, Spanish

    Recounted in flashback to a group of railway travelers, 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 that 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.

    Directed byLuis Buñuel
    Written byLuis Buñuel

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    Fernando Rey
    Carole Bouquet
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