Synopsis
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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Cast
- Fernando ReyMathieu Faber
- Carole BouquetConchita Pérez (brunette)
- Ángela MolinaConchita
- Julien BertheauÉdouard
- André WeberMartin
- Milena VukotićMother on the Train
- María AsquerinoEncarnación, Conchita's Mother
- Ellen BahlManolita
- Valerie BlancoIsabelle
- Auguste CarrièreWoman who Mending at the Window
Recommandations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
Cinema's greatest surrealist is at the peak of his powers in the last movie of his unparalleled career. - 100
Entertainment Weekly
The lightness with which Buñuel was able to insert the little jokes and knife stabs of surrealism he loved so much is, in fact, divine. - 90
Chicago Reader
The old surrealist created another masterpiece in this, his final film. - 80
Variety
A gem-like, almost hypnotic, tale of an older man's obsession with a young woman. - 60
Village Voice
Elaborate exercise in frustration.
