Delicatessen

This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his customers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his next slaughter victim things turn into chaos.

★ 7.3/10 · 1,702 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Dominique PinonLouison
• Marie-Laure DougnacJulie Clapet
• Jean-Claude DreyfusClapet
• Karin ViardMademoiselle Plusse
• Ticky HolgadoMarcel Tapioca
• Pascal BenezechTried to Escape
• Edith KerGrandmother
• RufusRobert Kube

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

Filipe Manuel Neto: French-style grotesque surrealism, in a film with style but no content. I think I got to know Jean-Pierre Jeunet in the same way… Read full review

CinemaSerf: I did really quite enjoy this film, but I'll be honest - half the time I had no idea what was going on!… Read full review

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