Delicatessen

Delicatessen

1991 · 99 min · FR · R · 7.3 (1,283 votes)
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro · Starring Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard, Ticky Holgado, Pascal Benezech · Music Carlos D'Alessio

A futuristic comic feast.

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In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.

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This film feels like a darkly whimsical, surreal fable set in a decaying world. Its macabre humor and grotesque charm are delivered with a distinctive visual flair, creating an unsettling yet oddly endearing atmosphere. It's a quirky, often absurd, exploration of humanity's resilience and depravity.

darkly whimsicalsurrealgrotesquequirkymacabresteadyvisual storytellingblack comedyfable-likequirky production designsurvivaldesperationlove in adversitysocietal decay
undergroundsuicide attemptdystopiapost-apocalyptic futuredark comedyclownbutcherbutcher's shopvegetarianterror cellcannibal
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