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Delicatessen
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Delicatessen is a French fantasy comedy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who also wrote its screenplay together. The cast includes Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus and Karin Viard, and it was shot in French with cinematography by Darius Khondji. Claudie Ossard produced the film, Carlos d'Alessio wrote its music, and Hervé Schneid edited it; StudioCanal was among the production companies. Delicatessen was released on 17 April 1991, runs for 95 minutes, and was shot on 35 mm film.
Marc Caro and Jean Rabasse received the European Film Award for Best Production Designer for their work on the film, which was also nominated for a BAFTA Award. It holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 90% and an IMDb rating of 7.5.
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Film · TMDB
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- love
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast member
- Ticky Holgado
- Composer
- Carlos d'Alessio
- Producer
- Claudie Ossard
- Production company
- StudioCanal
- Cinematographer
- Darius Khondji
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 200350
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1992-04-09
- film editor
- Hervé Schneid
- title
- Delicatessen
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- production designer
- Jean Rabasse
- film format
- 35 mm film
- narrative motif
- butcher shop
- review score
- 66/100
- Commons category
- Delicatessen (1991 film)
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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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