35mm

That Obscure Object of Desire

Cet obscur objet du désir
Luis Buñuel
Part of

`77

August 4 - 24, 2017

Buñuel was 77 when he made this masterful swan song: an anarchic send off to his career-long obsessions that stars go-to Fernando Rey as Mathieu, a French bon vivant who spends a train ride flashing back to his doomed love with a mercurial flamenco dancer named Conchita (played by Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina). An NYFF15 closing night selection.

DIRECTOR
Luis Buñuel
YEAR
1977
COUNTRY
France / Spain
RUNTIME
102 minutes
LANGUAGE
French and Spanish with English subtitles
FORMAT
35mm
ORIGINAL TITLE
Cet obscur objet du désir

Buñuel was 77 when he made this masterful swan song: an anarchic send-off to his career-long obsessions that stars go-to Fernando Rey as Mathieu, a French bon vivant who spends a train ride flashing back to his doomed love with a mercurial flamenco dancer named Conchita (played by Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina). Setting their story against the backdrop of politically terrorized streets, in which bombings and shootings occur without warning, Buñuel links political and sexual frustration with the filmmaker’s trademark surrealism, mystery and wit. An NYFF15 closing night selection.

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