Delicatessen
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro Run Time: 99 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1991 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Ticky Holgado
Screenwriters: Gilles Adrien, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Producer: Claudie Ossard
Cannibalism has never been more adorable than in Jeunet and Caro’s imaginative dystopian fantasy, Delicatessen. 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. Visually astounding and delightfully offbeat, this is one magical and tasty treat of French cinema.