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That Obscure Object of Desire

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance

August 17, 1977 (ES)

1h 43m

Luis Buñuel's masterpiece

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 dance...

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