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That Obscure Object of Desire

Year:

1977

Duration:

102 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 1977-10-08

Filming Locations: Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Earnings

Gross: $55,261 (USA) (18 November 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Carole Bouquet

That Obscure Object of Desire

Fernando Rey

Mathieu

Ángela Molina

Conchita

Julien Bertheau

Edouard

André Weber

Martin (as Andre Weber)

Milena Vukotic

Femme dans le train

María Asquerino

Encarnación - madre de Conchita

Ellen Bahl

Manolita

Valerie Blanco

Isabelle (as Valérie Blanco)

Auguste Carrière

La femme qui reprise dans la vitrine (as Auguste Carriere)

Jacques Debary

Un voyageur

Antonio Duque

Conducteur

André Lacombe

Portier

Lita Lluch-Peiro

Ballerine

Annie Monange

Jean-Claude Montalban

Muni

Concierge

Bernard Musson

Deporting Policeman

Piéral

Psychologist (as Pieral)

Isabelle Rattier

David Rocha

El Morenito

Isabelle Sadoyan

Jadiner

Juan Santamaría

Mario David

(uncredited)

Agnès Gattegno

(uncredited)

Silke Humel

(uncredited)

Roger Ibáñez

(uncredited)

Richard Leduc

(uncredited)

Guy Montagné

(uncredited)

Justo Ruiz

Sect's Member (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Maria Schneider, frequently nude in Last Tango in Paris (1972) (Last Tango in Paris), walked off the film in protest at the amount of nude scenes.

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The decision to use two actresses to play Conchita saved the movie from dropping out.

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Both Conchita's and her mother's names have implications regarding Chritianity. Conchita's full name is Concepción which is related to the immaculate conception of the Catholic theology and the mother's name is Incarnación which means incarnation in traditional Christianity .

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Quotes

Mathieu: I respect love too much to go seeking it in the back streets.

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Mathieu: My Conchita...

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