at the French César Awards. Many later critics have declared the film a masterpiece. The film holds a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 8.8/10 among 33 critics. The site's consensus reads: "That Obscure Object of Desire is a frequently unsettling treatise on the quixotic nature of lust and love". In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound poll, three critics and two directors ranked it one of the ten greatest films ever made. See also List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Sources That Obscure Object of Desire, DVD, Criterion Collection; Jean-Claude Carrière Interview (2000) References Bibliography External links That Obscure Object of Desire an essay by William Rothman at the Criterion Collection Review by Roger Ebert 1977 films 1977 comedy-drama films 1970s avant-garde and experimental films 1970s black comedy films 1977 multilingual films 1970s satirical films 1970s sex comedy films Films about interclass romance Films about sexual repression Films based on French novels Films directed by Luis Buñuel Films produced by Serge Silberman Films set in Madrid Films set in Paris Films set in Seville Films shot in Madrid Films shot in Paris Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière Films shot in Switzerland French avant-garde and experimental films French comedy-drama films 1970s French-language films French multilingual films French satirical films French sex comedy films Spanish avant-garde and experimental films Spanish comedy-drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Spanish multilingual films Spanish satirical films Films based on works by Pierre Louÿs 1970s French films 1970s Spanish films