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Actors: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Angela Molina, Julien Bertheau, André Weber, Milena Vukotic
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THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE is the last movie of spanish director Luis Bunuel. Based on the book "la Femme et le Pantin" by Pierre Lou˙s. Nominated in 1978 for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Fernando Rey is a 60 years old wealthy frenchman who explains in the Sevilla-Paris train the story of his relationship with Conchita, the woman he has just left, to his fellow companions. She was his newly engaged maid when he first met her. Sexually attracted by her, he is soon obsessed by this young woman, played by two different actresses, who always rejects him after having him given some hope.
A little pearl.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of That Obscure Object of Desire |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- prostitute/concubine
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample chest and buttocks
unclothed?
- full frontal
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Switzerland
- Spain
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- moving train
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Folk music
Is this movie based on a
- book
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