Delicatessen
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- Synopsis
- A post-apocalyptic future becomes the setting for pitch black humor in this visually intricate French comedy. The action takes place within a single apartment complex, which is owned by the same man that operates the downstairs butcher shop....
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- Director(s)
- Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Distributor(s)
- Union Generale Cinematographique
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 95 min.
Critic Reviews
The slapstick is classic-level stuff, the kind of domino-effect precision that is lost in most of today's clumsy farces.Read the full review
Beautifully textured, cleverly scripted and eerily shot (often with a wideangle lens making characters look even weirder), Delicatessan is a zany little film that's a startling and clever debut for co-helmers Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro.Read the full review
What keeps the film going, and helps it keep its comic tone, is the constant threat of cataclysm - and the deadpan Buster Keaton charm of the ever-responsive Pinon as he combats the giant Rube Goldberg meat-grinder that the house, in effect, is. [17 Apr 1992]Read the full review
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