If you loved El fantasma de la libertad, 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 foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to El fantasma de la libertad, 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.

