Story about That Obscure Object of Desire / Cet obscur objet du désir / 欲望的隐晦目的 / 朦胧的欲望
Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he f...
Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his 19-year old former chambermaid Conchita.
Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passenger, a man pour a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hour he explain (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her peronality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her...