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Overview
Release Date:
3 April 1992 (USA) moreTagline:
A futuristic comic feastPlot:
Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who creates cannibalistic meals for his odd tenants. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 12 wins & 8 nominations moreUser Comments:
Masterpiece moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Pascal Benezech | ... | Tried to Escape |
| Dominique Pinon | ... | Louison |
| Marie-Laure Dougnac | ... | Julie Clapet |
 | Jean-Claude Dreyfus | ... | Clapet |
| Karin Viard | ... | Mademoiselle Plusse |
| Ticky Holgado | ... | Marcel Tapioca |
 | Anne-Marie Pisani | ... | Madame Tapioca |
| Boban Janevski | ... | Young Rascal |
| Mikael Todde | ... | Young Rascal (as Mikaël Todde) |
| Edith Ker | ... | Grandmother |
| Rufus | ... | Robert Kube |
| Jacques Mathou | ... | Roger |
| Howard Vernon | ... | Frog Man |
| Chick Ortega | ... | Postman |
| Silvie Laguna | ... | Aurore Interligator |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
99 min | Spain:95 minCountry:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchColour:
ColourAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
South Korea:18 | Iceland:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:RFilming Locations:
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet got the idea for the movie in 1988 while vacationing in America. He said after staying in America's hotels he felt the food was so bad that "it tasted like real humans". Then came the idea. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Julie welcomes Louison in her room and we see her following him to the table she has no socks, when she brings him later into his room after he has fallen asleep she has socks. moreMovie Connections:
Featured in Charcuterie fine: Clin d'oeil au long métrage de Jeunet et Caro 'Delicatessen' (1991) (TV) moreFAQ
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If Citizen Kane is the number one movie to see to learn anything about cinematography, this might as well be at number 2.
Delicatessen succeeds at creating a totally separate, consistent and believable universe with a very distinct atmosphere. The brown and green colors add to the weirdness of this universe.
Is it horror? Yes and no. Is it a comedy? Yes and no. Is it brilliant? Oh yes!
Everybody involved in the making of this picture gave it its best. The camera work is brilliant, the sets are simply amazing (with the final bathroom scene at the pinnacle), the editing and pace is breathtaking.
This could have been a very dark movie (and I guess a few Hollywood directors would have tried to turn it into a splatter movie and fail miserably), but the humor is just light, off-beat and hilarious enough to make it into a consistent and bearable whole. Every universe has its humor, and a strange universe has strange humor. Jacques Tati would have loved Delicatessen.
Julie's 'tea ceremony' without her glasses, the mattress spring test, Aurore's failing suicide contraptions, it's all funny as hell. I hope everyone who is even marginally involved in making movies gets to see Delicatessen and learns from its greatness. We could sure use a touch of genius in most of them ...
10/10