That Obscure Object of Desire

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That Obscure Object of Desire is a 1977 surrealist drama film by Spanish director Luis Buñuel that explores obsessive desire and the impossibility of truly possessing another person.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film
film
surrealist film
award National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
basedOn The Woman and the Puppet
novel by Pierre Louÿs
cinematographyBy Edmond Richard
countryOfOrigin France
Spain
director Luis Buñuel
distributor United Artists
editedBy Hélène Plemiannikov
era 1970s cinema
femaleLeadPortrayedBy Carole Bouquet
Ángela Molina
filmSetting France
Spain
finalFilmBy Luis Buñuel
genre drama
surrealism
hasSubject emotional manipulation
power dynamics in relationships
hasTheme class differences
male desire
sadomasochistic relationships
terrorism
languageOfWork French
mainCharacter Conchita
Mathieu
maleLeadActor Fernando Rey
musicBy Georges Delerue (library music)
surface form: Georges Delerue
narrativeDevice dual casting of the female lead
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
notableFor Buñuel’s final feature film
use of two actresses for one character
originalLanguage French
partOf Luis Buñuel filmography
portrays impossibility of possession
obsessive desire
sexual obsession
productionCompany Greenwich Film Productions
releaseDateFrance 1977-08-17
releaseYear 1977
runtimeMinutes 104
screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière
Luis Buñuel

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Luis Buñuel notableWork That Obscure Object of Desire
The Phantom of Liberty followedBy That Obscure Object of Desire