If you loved Simón del desierto, try Ese oscuro objeto del deseo
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Luis Buñuel, and they both carry the cerebral, foreign gem, pitch black mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Simón del desierto, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Ese oscuro objeto del deseo 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.

