Delicatessen
The cult-favourite debut from Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who would go on to direct Amélie), a surreal, post-apocalyptic, black comedy. Set entirely in an apartment complex, a food-shortage allows for butcher Clapet to run a macabre business using human flesh to feed his customers.
1991Rating: M99 minsFranceFrench with English subtitles
ComedyScience FictionWorld Cinema
- Director:
- Marc CaroJean-Pierre Jeunet (feature debuts)
- Writer:
- Gilles AdrienMarc CaroJean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast:
- Dominique PinonJean-Claude DreyfusKarin ViardTicky HolgadoAnne-Marie Pisani
Delicatessen / Reviews
Time Out
Increasingly inventive as it progresses... a fast, funny feature debut that entertains from sinister start to frantic finish.
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With their detached, sardonic and decidedly sick slant, Jeunet and Caro have served up a burnt-to-a-crisp feast.
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Empire Magazine
A fair bet for cultdom, a lot more likeable than its subject matter suggests, and simply essential viewing for vegetarians.
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BBC
A hugely enjoyable film... welds comedy and magic into a bizarre, grotesque fantasy of an oddball dystopian future.
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