If you loved The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, try That Obscure Object of Desire
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
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What they share
Both films are directed by Luis Buñuel, and they both carry the foreign gem, pitch black mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What That Obscure Object of Desire 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.
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