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1977 Certificate 15
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Luis Buñuel's last film is as just audacious as any of his classics. Wealthy sadomasochist Fernando Rey falls hard for a young maid and she's only too happy to make him suffer. Buñuel's bizarre stroke is having Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina alternate playing the maid! Read more

Starring Carole Bouquet, Fernando Rey, Angela Molina, Julien Bertheau
Director Luis Bunuel
Genres Drama

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That Obscure Object of Desire

Luis Buñuel's last film is as just audacious as any of his classics. Wealthy sadomasochist Fernando Rey falls hard for a young maid and she's only too happy to make him suffer. Buñuel's bizarre stroke is having Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina alternate playing the maid!

Starring Carole Bouquet, Fernando Rey, Angela Molina, Julien Bertheau, Franco Nero, Jean Sorel, Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Michel Piccoli
Director Luis Bunuel
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: French, Spanish
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 04 Apr 2005
Production year: 1977
Format DVD

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Luis Buñuel's final film is a fitting end to a dazzling career. A witty, ironic and barbed morality tale, it follows the increasingly desperate attempts of wealthy businessman Fernando Rey to seduce his maid, unaware that his world is collapsing around his ears. Buñuel only hit upon the intriguing idea of casting two actresses in the role of Conchita after Maria Schneider walked off the set, but it proved to be a creative masterstroke, as the switches between Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina teasingly suggest the indecision in Rey's mind as he searches for the elusive woman of his dreams.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 2 stars out of 4

    Unrecognizable remake of a novel previously filmed as a vehicle for Dietrich and Bardot. Despite the tricking out with surrealist touches (the girl is played by two different actresses) it is not one of Buñuel's best, and amuses only on the surface.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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    Rated - 4 stars

    Objects of Desire

    A man (Fernando Rey)on a train throws a bucket of water over a woman on the station platform, then returns to his first class compartment. His fellow passengers are aghast: why did he do it? He tells them, and the story unfolds for us in flashback.

    This, Bunuel's final film, contains plenty of clever touches: for instance, the use of two actresses to play the female lead; and the regular intrusion of actual terrorism to counterpoint the emotional terrorism of Rey's ill-fated relationship.

    There's nothing obscure about the object(s) of desire: two pairs of them, belonging to Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina.

      • A customer from Hampshire
      • Posted 22 Apr 2005 15:17

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  • Rated - 5 stars

    twice two

    brilliant french picture.uses two different actresses to play the same character.get it

      • A customer from scotland
      • Posted 06 Jul 2005 22:43

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