Delicatessen (1991)

Directed by

Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Genre

comedy film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,645 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a post-apocalyptic world, a landlord who runs a butcher shop takes on a new handyman who is actually intended to become the next supply of meat. The handyman begins a romance with the landlord's daughter, complicating the plans.

darkly comicwhimsicalquirkyvisually inventiveunsettlingabsurdtensegritty

What happens

Delicatessen is a 1991 French post-apocalyptic black comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, and Jean-Claude Dreyfus. It was released in North America as "presented by Terry Gilliam." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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