Film

Delicatessen 1991

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro

  • Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy
  • 99 min
  • R

A futuristic comic feast.

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.

ComedyScience FictionFantasyundergroundsuicide attemptdystopiapost-apocalyptic futuredark comedyclownbutcherbutcher's shopvegetarianterror cellsurrealismcannibal

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