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.
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Dominique Pinon
Louison
Marie-Laure Dougnac
Julie Clapet
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Clapet
Karin Viard
Mademoiselle Plusse
Ticky Holgado
Marcel Tapioca
Pascal Benezech
Tried to Escape
Edith Ker
Grandmother
Rufus
Robert Kube
Jacques Mathou
Roger Kube
Chick Ortega
Postman
Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Screenplay
Gilles Adrien
Tagline
"A futuristic comic feast."
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$1,794,187
Production
Constellation, Hachette Première, UGC
Filipe Manuel Neto
May 14, 2023
**French-style grotesque surrealism, in a film with style but no content.** I think I got to know Jean-Pierre Jeunet in the same way as almost everyone who doesn't follow French cinema at the same time: through the film “Amelie”. The film brought the director international and is unanimously considered his greatest and most relevant work. Given how much I liked this movie, I decided to see this...
CinemaSerf
April 2, 2024
I did really quite enjoy this film, but I'll be honest - half the time I had no idea what was going on! From the start I expected Steven Sondheim's "Mrs. Lovett" to be working on her pies downstairs, beneath the shop of "Clapet" (Jean-Claude Dreyfus). They all live in a France where food is very scarce and people have an habit of disappearing without trace! He also owns a rather dilapidated block ...
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