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Release Date:
3 April 1992 (USA)
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Tagline:
A futuristic comic feast
Plot:
Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who creates cannibalistic meals for his odd tenants. full summary | add synopsis
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Butcher
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Food
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Apartment Building
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Clown
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Underground
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 12 wins
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10 nominations
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(24 articles)
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Original movie from the director of 'Amelie'
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Pascal Benezech | ... | Tried to Escape | |
| Dominique Pinon | ... | Louison | |
| Marie-Laure Dougnac | ... | Julie Clapet | |
| Jean-Claude Dreyfus | ... | Clapet | |
| Karin Viard | ... | Mademoiselle Plusse | |
| Ticky Holgado | ... | Marcel Tapioca | |
| Anne-Marie Pisani | ... | Madame Tapioca | |
| Boban Janevski | ... | Young Rascal | |
| Mikael Todde | ... | Young Rascal (as Mikaël Todde) | |
| Edith Ker | ... | Grandmother | |
| Rufus | ... | Robert Kube | |
| Jacques Mathou | ... | Roger | |
| Howard Vernon | ... | Frog Man | |
| Chick Ortega | ... | Postman | |
| Silvie Laguna | ... | Aurore Interligator |
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Rated R for violence.
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Runtime:
99 min | Spain:95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:18 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:16 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Rumored to be a surrealistic interpretation of The Delicate Delinquent (1957).
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Julie first invites Louison to her house, she accidentally throws a vase to the floor. There is no "crash" sound when the vase is destroyed.
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Referenced in "Roseanne: Hit the Road Jack (#9.14)" (1997)
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'Delicatessen' is a very original comedy from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who also directed the great 'Amélie'. It tells the story of Louison (Dominique Pinon) who is the new helper of a landlord named Clapet (Jean-Claude Dreyfus). Clapet is a butcher and in a world where food is rare he prepares cannibalistic meals for the people in his building. Louison is the new meal and the people in the building wait for Clapet to kill him so they can eat. Clapet's daughter Julie (Marie-Laure Dougnac) falls in love with Louison and to save him she seeks help from an underground group.
You have read the above and you must understand 'Delicatessen' is not a normal movie. Although its subject is close to very scary the movie is a comedy and to be honest it is very funny at times. Listen to the way people talk here. Especially the conversation between the butcher and a mailman is very funny. The underground group gets a lot of laughs as well. The movie hints at real horror images but never gives us that. Most of the time the tension is broken with something funny.
'Delicatessen' is not only pretty funny, it looks terrific as well. From the great opening sequence to the last shot it is visually perfect. The production design and especially the cinematography add a lot to the movie's whole atmosphere. May be it is not for everyone, some will find it ridiculous or the idea too lugubrious, may be it is, but the way the subject is handled is the right way. At least it is interesting and therefore already worth seeing.