Buffet froid (1979)

Directed by

Bertrand Blier

Genre

comedy film, crime film, comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

K-16

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 347 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A daydreaming man gives a bloodstained knife to an accountant at a metro station. The knife vanishes and the accountant is murdered with it. The daydreamer then talks about the killing with his neighbor, a police inspector, leading to more strange events.

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What happens

Buffet froid (English: Cold Buffet) is a 1979 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet. The film is a surreal black comedy portrayed as a crime thriller, set in Paris where contemporary urban life has alienated and dehumanized the city dwellers. The film won a César Award for Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation, and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Editing, and Production Design. In the film, a daydreaming man offers his bloodstained knife to a random accountant at a metro station. While the two men argue, the knife disappears. When the accountant is mysteriously murdered with this same knife, the daydreamer chats about the murder with his new neighbor, a police inspector. A series of strange encounters eventually leads to the murder of the daydreamer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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