That Obscure Object of Desire

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Summaries

Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.

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...—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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Keywords
  • unrequited love
  • manipulation
  • multiple actors for one character
  • older man younger woman relationship
  • object of desire
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Aug 16, 1977
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin France Spain
Language Spanish French
Filming locations Giralda Tower, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain
Production companies Greenwich Film Productions In-Cine Compañía Industrial Cinematográfica Les Films Galaxie

Box office

Gross worldwide $2864

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 43m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

To have one role played by two actresses prompts one to speculate that the director intended to have different aspects of her personality shown by the one or the other. When asked about this, however, Fernando Rey told me personally that was not the case. They merely had two actresses they liked and decided to use them both because they couldn't pick obe over the other. Considering Luis Bunel's surrealistic inclinations throughout his career -- and throughout this film -- there was no question Rey was correct. After all, he was there and anyone who knows women knows what you get one day may not be what's there the next.

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