If you loved Placido, try Dieses obskure Objekt der Begierde
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
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Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Placido, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Dieses obskure Objekt der Begierde is
Luis Buñuel being Luis Buñuel, this takes on romantic obsession. Mathieu recounts his relationship with the elusive Conchita to baffled train passengers. It all amounts to a case study in how desire can curdle into a uniquely annoying form of cruelty.

