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Delicatessen
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7.3In 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.
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
Themes
- underground
- suicide attempt
- dystopia
- post-apocalyptic future
- dark comedy
- clown
- butcher
- butcher's shop
- vegetarian
- terror cell
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
92,347 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1991
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award15 wins & 16 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet , Marc Caro
- Written by
- Gilles Adrien, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Produced by
- Claudie Ossard
- Starring
- Dominique Pinon Marie-Laure Dougnac Jean-Claude Dreyfus Karin Viard Rufus Ticky Holgado Sylvie Laguna Jacques Mathou Jean-Francois Perrier Anne-Marie Pisani Howard Vernon Chick Ortega
- Cinematography
- Darius Khondji
- Edited by
- Hervé Schneid
- Music by
- Carlos d'Alessio
- Production companies
- UGC Hachette Première Constellation Victoires Productions
- Distributed by
- UGC Distribution
- Release date
- April 17, 1991 ( 1991-04-17 ) (France)
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Budget
- $3.8 million
- Box office
- $12.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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."
Plot
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