Delicatessen
44,783
Fantasy. Comedy
A young drifter named Louison (Dominique Pinon), arrives in a middle-of-nowhere town seeking work and lodging, and is given a place to stay above a local butcher's shop in exchange for his services as a handyman. This surrealistic world is a meatless and cannibalistic one, and 'real' food is a highly expensive commodity that is used as currency for grain. The local inhabitants of the town in which Louison visits all have a 'secret' ... [+]
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United States | Los Angeles Times | "A fearsomely intense movie that mixes moods with formidable assurance (...) it’s loaded with horrific images and macabre jolts that keep resonating eerily in your mind’s eye." | POS |
United Kingdom | Empire | "A delightfully original picture, poised perfectly between farce and horror (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" | POS |
United Kingdom | BBC | "A true masterpiece of the fantastique" | POS |
United Kingdom | Time Out | "Increasingly inventive as it progresses, Jeunet and Caro's fast, funny feature debut entertains from sinister start to frantic finish." | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "A laboriously self-conscious attempt at being avant-garde." | NEU |
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