Cet Obscur Objet du Désir
Luis Buñuel
Mathieu Fabert is a rich, honest upright man. While waiting to get onto a train to Paris, his girlfriend Conchita joins him on the platform. As a gesture to mark their split, Fabert throws a bucket of water in the young woman's face. His actions awake the curiosity of his travelling companions, and it provides him with an opportunity to tell of his past, and the heartrending relationship binding him to this woman...
With : Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Angela Molina, Julien Bertheau, André Weber, Milena Vukotic, Piéral, Maria Asquerino
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, d'après le roman de Pierre Louÿs La Femme et le pantin
Image : Edmond Richard
Sound : Guy et Olivier Villette
Music : Musics populaires espagnoles (flamenco) et extraits de Richard Wagner
Editing : Luis Buñuel, Hélène Plémiannikov
Decors : Pierre Lefait
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, d'après le roman de Pierre Louÿs La Femme et le pantin
Image : Edmond Richard
Sound : Guy et Olivier Villette
Music : Musics populaires espagnoles (flamenco) et extraits de Richard Wagner
Editing : Luis Buñuel, Hélène Plémiannikov
Decors : Pierre Lefait
Production : Serge Silberman, Greenwich Film, Les Films Galaxie, Incine
Distribution: Tamasa Distribution
Distribution: Tamasa Distribution
As if to close a loop, Cet obscur objet du désir (That Obscure Object of Desire) picks up the central theme of L'Âge d'or (The Golden Age): "the story of the impossible possession of a woman's body", Buñuel himself said. Cet obscur objet du désir is his last film, made when he was 70 years old. "After Le Fantôme de la Liberté (The Phantom of Liberty), I thought about retiring once and for all. It took all my friends' stubbornness, mainly Silberman's, to get me back to work." For this film, Buñuel brought together his most faithful collaborators, with Jean-Claude Carrière for the screenplay and Fernando Rey in the lead role. In one sense, the actor portrays the director's alter ego, giving the film an extra dimension: a work on maturity, the story focuses on an old man, destroyed by the untameable youth of a woman.