That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Directed by Luis Buñuel · 103 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
69.0 TOPICAL score · #806 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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 dancer named Conchita. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977, directed by Luis Buñuel) has a TOPICAL score of 69.0 - ranked 806 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and legacy & cult status, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 4 awards from 11 nominations, including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director. Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 84. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (471 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 34 languages.
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- Critics97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 84
- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (471 ratings)
- Awards4 wins, 11 nominations - incl. National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director; National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 34 languages
- Still read6,972 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Fernando Rey (actor #184), Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau
“In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound poll, three critics and two directors ranked it one of the ten greatest films ever made.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10