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That Obscure Object of Desire

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Original title

Cet obscur objet du désir

Year

1977

Running time

103 min.

Country

France

Director

Luis Buñuel

Screenwriter

Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière. Novel: Pierre Louÿs

Cast

Music

Jacques Offenbach

Cinematography

Edmond Richard

Producer

Co-production France-Spain;

Les Films Galaxie, InCine S.A, Greenwich Film Productions

Genre

Drama | Jealousy

Synopsis

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 how he became obsessed by her (character 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.

Rankings Position

#112 Best French Movies of all time

Awards: 1977: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Movie of Foreign Language, Adapted Screenplay

1977: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Film

1977: César Awards: 2 Nominations

1977: New York Film Critics Circle: 4 Nominations, including Best Film

1977: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film

1977: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Director.

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Critics' reviews

"[Bunuel's] film is filled with small, droll touches, with tiny peculiarities of behavior, with moral anarchy, with a cynicism about human nature that somehow seems, in his hands, almost cheerful."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"With an effortlessness matched by no other director today, Buñuel creates a vision of a world as logical as a theorem, as mysterious as a dream, and as funny as a vaudeville gag."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"A mature commentary on the invisible line between passion and absurdity -- erotic, political, and religious."

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly

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