That Obscure Object of Desire


That Obscure Object of Desire French Cet obscur objet du dsir Spanish Ese oscuro objeto del deseo , released in 1977, was the final film directed by Luis Buuel. 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 Spanish woman who repeatedly frustrates his romantic and sexual desires.

A dysfunctional and sometimes violent romance happens between Mathieu Fernando Rey, a middleaged, wealthy Frenchman, and a young, impoverished and beautiful flamenco dancer from Seville, Conchita, played by Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina. The two actresses each appear unpredictably in separate scenes, and differ not only physically, but temperamentally as well.Most of the film is a flashback, told by Mathieu the framing, nonflashback story elements appear only at the start and end of the film. ........

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