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Overview

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7.9/10   27,208 votes
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Writers:
Gilles Adrien (dialogue)
Gilles Adrien (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 April 1992 (USA) more
Tagline:
A futuristic comic feast
Plot:
Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who creates cannibalistic meals for his odd tenants. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 12 wins & 8 nominations more
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(22 articles)
User Comments:
Love for detail shows at every turn more (136 total)

Cast

  (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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MPAA:
Rated R for violence.
Runtime:
99 min | Spain:95 min
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Trivia:
Rumored to be a surrealistic interpretation of The Delicate Delinquent (1957). more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Julie first invites Louison to her house, she accidentally throws a vase to the floor. There is no "crash" sound when the vase is destroyed. more
Quotes:
Louison: Nobody is entirely evil: it's that circumstances that make them evil, or they don't know they are doing evil. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Closer (2004/I) more

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17 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Love for detail shows at every turn, 14 September 2000
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Author: mhi from Karlsruhe, Germany

Jeunet & Caro have created a masterpiece. While certainly this film will not be everyone's cup of tea, I cannot recall anyone I know seeing it and not being delighted. No other movie I've seen so far could top this one for its combination of wittiness, dark humor, love for detail and collection of regular people holding a mirror up to each and everyone of us, showing us how strange we really are.

Indeed this movie will not be constrained by a classification as romance, comedy or science fiction or horror. It is much more than the sum of these - it is a work of art and the painstaking work and love for detail which Jeunet & Caro have put into it show everywhere you look.

This movie is definitely off-beat and I definitely love it!

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