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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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