That Obscure Object of Desire - Criterion Collection (1977) France
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Director:Luis Buñuel
Studio:Criterion
Writer:Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Rating:4.5
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-03-27
ASIN:B00005QAPJ
UPC:0037429162026
Price:$29.95
Awards:Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations
Genre:Comedy
Release:2001-11-19
IMDb:0075824
Duration:104
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Languages:French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:English
Features:Anamorphic
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Luis Buñuel  ...  (Director)
Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière  ...  (Writer)
 
Fernando Rey  ...  Mathieu
Carole Bouquet  ...  Conchita
Ángela Molina  ...  Conchita (as Angela Molina)
Julien Bertheau  ...  Judge
André Weber  ...  Valet (as Andre Weber)
Milena Vukotic  ...  Woman in train
María Asquerino  ...  Encarnación - madre de Conchita
Ellen Bahl  ...  Manolita
Valerie Blanco  ...  (as Valérie Blanco)
Auguste Carrière  ...  La femme qui reprise dans la vitrine (as Auguste Carriere)
Jacques Debary  ...  Un voyageur
Antonio Duque  ...  Conducteur
André Lacombe  ...  Portier
Lita Lluch-Peiro  ...  Ballerine
Annie Monange  ...  
Summary: Luis Buñuel's final film explodes with eroticism, bringing full circle the director's lifelong preoccupation with the darker side of desire. Buñuel regular Fernando Rey plays Mathieu, an urbane widower, tortured by his lust for the elusive Conchita. With subversive flare, Buñuel uses two different actresses in the lead- Carole Bouquet, a sophisticated French beauty, and Angela Molina, a Spanish coquette. Drawn from Pierre Louÿs' 1898 novel, "La Femme et le Pantin,"That Obscure Object of Desire is a dizzying game of sexual politics punctuated by a terror that harkens back to Buñuel's brilliant surrealistic beginnings.