That Obscure Object of Desire
“Luis Buñuel's masterpiece”
ComedyDramaRomance
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
VIBE
A maddeningly elusive and darkly funny exploration of obsession. It's a frustrating, yet fascinating, puzzle box of desire and manipulation that leaves you questioning everything. The performances are captivatingly bizarre.
absurdistprovocativeunsettlingdarkly comedicfrustratingsteadyEuropean arthousedialogue-drivensurrealmeta-narrativeobsessiondesirepower dynamicsmanipulation
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