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Delicatessen
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
1991 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet · 99 min · Comedy · Science Fiction · Fantasy · 20 frames
Tagline
A futuristic comic feast.
Crew
- Screenplay: Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
- Cinematography: Darius Khondji
- Edited by: Hervé Schneid
- Music: Carlos D'Alessio
- Production design: Miljen 'Kreka' Kljaković, Marc Caro
- Produced by: Claudie Ossard
Cast
- Dominique Pinon as Louison
- Marie-Laure Dougnac as Julie Clapet
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Clapet
- Karin Viard as Mademoiselle Plusse
- Ticky Holgado as Marcel Tapioca
- Pascal Benezech as Tried to Escape
- Edith Ker as Grandmother
- Rufus as Robert Kube
- Jacques Mathou as Roger Kube
- Chick Ortega as Postman
Production
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Studios: Constellation, Hachette Première, UGC
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $1,794,187
- Themes: underground, suicide attempt, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, dark comedy, clown, butcher, butcher's shop, vegetarian, terror cell
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