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Lius Bunuel's final film explodes with eroticism bringing full circle to the director's lifelong preoccupation with the darker side of desire. Bunuel regular Fernando Rey plays Matthieu an urbane widower tortured by his lust for the elusive Conchita. With subversive flare Bunuel uses two different actresses in the lead role- Carole Bouquet a sophisticated French beauty and Angela Molina a Spanish coquette. Drawn from Pierre Louys' 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 Bunuels brilliant surrealistic beginnings.
Original Release
08/17/1977
US Release
10/08/1977
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fernando Rey | Mathieu Faber |
| Carole Bouquet | Conchita Pérez (brunette) |
| Julien Bertheau | Edouard / Édouard |
| André Weber | Martin |
| Milena Vukotic | Femme dans le train / Mother on the Train |
| María Asquerino | Encarnación Pérez - madre de Conchita / Encarnación, Conchita's Mother |
| Ellen Bahl | Manolita |
| Valerie Blanco | Isabelle |
| Auguste Carrière | La femme qui reprise dans la vitrine / Woman who Mending at the Window |
| Jacques Debary | Un voyageur / Judge on the Train |
Directors
Writers
Luis Buñuel, Pierre Louÿs, Jean-Claude Carriere
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Fernando Rey | Mathieu Faber |
| Carole Bouquet | Conchita Pérez (brunette) |
| Julien Bertheau | Edouard / Édouard |
| André Weber | Martin |
| Milena Vukotic | Femme dans le train / Mother on the Train |
| María Asquerino | Encarnación Pérez - madre de Conchita / Encarnación, Conchita's Mother |
| Ellen Bahl | Manolita |
| Valerie Blanco | Isabelle |
| Auguste Carrière | La femme qui reprise dans la vitrine / Woman who Mending at the Window |
| Jacques Debary | Un voyageur / Judge on the Train |
| Antonio Duque | Conducteur / Driver |
| Andre Lacombe | Portier / Doorman |
| Lita Lluch-Peiro | Ballerine / Dancer |
| Annie Monange | Employée du cabaret |
| Jean-Claude Montalban | Garçon dans le bar |
| Muni | Concierge |
| Bernard Musson | Deporting Policeman |
| Piéral | Psychologist / Psychology Teacher |
| Isabelle Rattier | Secrétaire du juge / Secretary |
| David Rocha | El Morenito |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Serge Silberman | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1978 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
| 1978 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
| 1978 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
