1991 · comedy · sci-fi · romance
Delicatessen (1991)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro1h 39m1991
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.
Our read: Delicatessen (1991) (1991) reads as a warm, steady, surreal comedy · sci-fi · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, steady, measured comedy / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- surreal
- signature
- funny
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