

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.
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Trailer
Cet obscur objet du désir - Bande-annonce
Cast

Fernando Rey
Mathieu Faber

Carole Bouquet
Conchita

Ángela Molina
Conchita

Julien Bertheau
Édouard

André Weber
Martin

Milena Vukotić
Mother on the Train

María Asquerino
Encarnación, Conchita's Mother

Ellen Bahl
Manolita
Valerie Blanco
Isabelle
Auguste Carrière
Woman who Mending at the Window

Jacques Debary
Judge on the Train

Antonio Duque
Driver
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