Delicatessen (1991)

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Avg Rating: 4.2 / 5. Voted: 49

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Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Starring: Jean-Claude Dreyfus (Butcher), Dominique Pinon (Louison), Marie-Laure Dougnac (Julie), Karin Viard (Mademoiselle), Silvie Laguna (Aurore), Ticky Holgado (Marcel Tapioca), Anne-Marie Pisani (Madame Tapioca), Jacques Mathou (Roger Kube), Rufus (Robert Kube), Howard Vernon (Frog Man), Edith Ker (Old lady)
Country: France; Effed Up European Movies
Language: French (Eng Subs); Effed Up French Cinema
Runtime: 01:39:18
Genres: Bizarre-Surreal, Cannibalism-themed, Small creatures, Self-Harm

Plot – Spoilers:
In a post-apocalyptic French town, the barter system is in vogue. Those who have nothing left to barter, pay in flesh. The surface humans dine on the troglodytes, a rebel bunch of underground dwellers who live among the sewers like rats and are titillated by delicacies like corn. But the troglodytes have become slippery and are hard to come by. For the tenants of an apartment building, their landlord, a butcher is the big daddy who lures unsuspecting folk to the apartment where he eyes their flesh-potential and butchers them when they reach their optimum mass.

Delicatessen is a bizarre comedy featuring some of the most inventive and hilarious ways to kill yourself. Squeaky bed springs have also never been the source of such intense musical hilarity. The cannibalism is merely referenced and so there is no gore, if that’s what you were looking for. If you enjoy the bizarre, this is one of the top guns.

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anfr
anfr
September 19, 2023 10:38 pm

feels like an exaggeration that some of y’all call this a hard to get or follow movie. Anyway, what I wanted to actually comment on is that it’s my first time on thr website and I found it beautiful that nearly every comment gets a downvote here lol

Van
Van
August 22, 2023 6:53 am

I remember watching this with my parents. Still as good as i remembered it to be

You Know My Name
You Know My Name
July 22, 2023 3:13 am

This film, and films like Brazil, Inland Empire, Eraserhead, Europa, and City Of Lost Children are really fine examples of surrealism at its most brilliant, darkly comic, horrifying and imaginative.

JunkyardCat
JunkyardCat
May 10, 2023 12:24 pm

One of my all time favorites!

Regan MacNeil
Regan MacNeil
December 27, 2022 8:55 am

Girl with the cello was sexy . . . So beautiful with her big blue eyes . . . Imagine ejaculating in such a woman.

mol
mol
December 27, 2022 2:28 am

first watched this movie when i was around 9 years old. definitely fucked up my developing brain a bit but i love it so idc

Lizzy
Lizzy
March 27, 2022 8:09 pm

Drôle de film… mais j’ai bien aimé !
Il me rappelle, dans un sens, “La Carne” de Gaspard Noé ou encore “Les triplettes de Bellville”. le gore n’est pas vraiment pas présent, maaiissss le jeu des acteurs et l’ambience du film le remplace.
J’aime vraiment ce genre de film, trop intriguant !! :^D

Alice
Alice
February 28, 2022 2:49 am

It’s the same feeling I get from watching The Suicide Shop (and someone had already mentioned The City of Lost Children).

Another Dozy Cunt
Another Dozy Cunt
February 23, 2022 7:05 am

What kind of stupid-ass edgelord sits through 01:39:18 of unadulterated balderdash and acts like he gets it.

Another Dozy Cunt
Another Dozy Cunt
Reply to  Another Dozy Cunt
February 23, 2022 7:07 am

What the actual fuck am I watching right now. How was this thing on a ‘1001 movies you must watch before you die’ list.

Another Dozy Cunt
Another Dozy Cunt
Reply to  Another Dozy Cunt
February 23, 2022 7:09 am

I didn’t get to see enough boobies.

Another Dozy Cunt
Another Dozy Cunt
Reply to  Another Dozy Cunt
February 23, 2022 7:24 am

Best part of this movie: the end credits (kid you not) – also the bed music thing, but you really gotta be blazing to get the punchline.

Nathan
Nathan
February 22, 2022 1:28 am

so i watched this film its weird it has no plot i would stick to jodorowskys movies personally!

Dee
Dee
February 20, 2022 1:01 am

Weirdest thing I’ve watched in quite a while.

The White Horseman
The White Horseman
February 19, 2022 9:14 am

Never liked Jeunet’s style.

Funky Town
Funky Town
February 17, 2022 1:15 am

Lovely!

Mo Moson
Mo Moson
February 14, 2022 12:40 pm

really sweet love story. solid 7/10 family friendly – no tiddie

Mo Moson
Mo Moson
Reply to  Mo Moson
February 14, 2022 12:40 pm

one of the better movies on this site

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  Mo Moson
February 14, 2022 6:35 pm

Please… do not reply to yourself. It’s needy and repugnant

anglofile
anglofile
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
February 14, 2022 10:37 pm

We can’t edit our comments here so a reply is the only way to add extra content to a post or correct it. No need to flip your lid over it.

Dr Skillington
Dr Skillington
Reply to  anglofile
February 15, 2022 12:25 am

You can edit your comments but only for a short period of time. My guess is that OP wasn’t aware of this, but yeah, Coolidge didn’t had to be such a shithead about it.

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  Dr Skillington
February 16, 2022 6:21 am

Sorry if I hurt your feelings ????

Dr Skillington
Dr Skillington
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
February 16, 2022 7:08 am

No probs. Sorry if I hurt yours ????

Mrjeknkins
Mrjeknkins
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
February 17, 2022 3:38 am

except hes not hes just adding on u dumbfuck

David
David
Reply to  Mrjeknkins
February 17, 2022 8:36 am

Yeah U cum fuck as well.

David
David
Reply to  David
February 17, 2022 8:41 am

How do you edit? Is that 15 minutes or 15 seconds?!

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  Mrjeknkins
February 22, 2022 5:43 pm

Have you ever been to school???

David
David
Reply to  Butch Coolidge
February 17, 2022 8:34 am

With a name like butch you sound like a gay pornstar. I suppose you are in one of the lower rated movies on this site.

Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge
Reply to  David
February 22, 2022 5:44 pm

Yep… along with your mom

ThenewCreator@YT
ThenewCreator@YT
February 12, 2022 5:21 pm

Wow that was something else forsure.The idea is really cool but the bad guy was a magooo and well magoos are magoos and honestly the starting credits show so much and made me to expect more but I felt like there was not enough horror to much dry romantic horror shop moments its not so good when wrong turn makes you look foolish in there canibal ways lol they were off inbred babies and this guy is just a regular possibly small portion of one but still XD he should of been more clever.
Overall. I enjoyed this movie but would not want to watch it a second time till after a while

u b funny
u b funny
February 12, 2022 4:43 pm

I only came here to read the comments.

Rachel
Rachel
Reply to  u b funny
February 13, 2022 3:25 am

Same as with any far out there film that shows up on this site

Wary of dumbasses
Wary of dumbasses
February 12, 2022 11:49 am

The movie is classic like The City of Lost Children or Dark City. I saw it years ago in college. It’s not shocking or gory, per se, as with some other entries on site, but definitely a good movie and comical bc it’s weird af. I’d give it a 6.5-7/10.

Funky Town
Funky Town
Reply to  Wary of dumbasses
February 17, 2022 1:22 am

Totally agree!

dionNZ
dionNZ
February 12, 2022 7:39 am

boring asf french weirdness …i tried but it failed …id suggest not bothering but maybe u will like itif yr apillow biting ass bandit

Wary of dumbasses
Wary of dumbasses
Reply to  dionNZ
February 12, 2022 11:45 am

You ignorant clown… you wouldn’t know a good movie if it rummaged around your pants for three hours looking for whatever you explain to others is a cock. I would venture a guess that is a merely one small thing in a great list of stuff you tried, and failed.

dillweed
dillweed
Reply to  Wary of dumbasses
February 12, 2022 3:51 pm

shut up dicklicker

Eevie
Eevie
Reply to  Wary of dumbasses
February 13, 2022 12:29 am

Bahahahaha!

David
David
Reply to  Wary of dumbasses
February 17, 2022 8:29 am

Very funny ????. Yes maybe Dion needs to get out of NZ and get a life. Delicatessen is a very good movie.

Another Dozy Cunt
Another Dozy Cunt
Reply to  dionNZ
February 23, 2022 7:08 am

Just STFU, pecker smoker.

cum
cum
Reply to  dionNZ
June 9, 2022 7:20 pm

Ratio

oddtoedungulate
oddtoedungulate
Reply to  dionNZ
September 16, 2022 4:04 pm

bruh you’re mentally challenged, horror equivalent of a Transformers fan

poopscoop
poopscoop
Reply to  dionNZ
December 15, 2022 8:01 am

Only pillow biting ass bandit’s call other people pillow biting ass bandits projecting insecurity of their own pillow biting ass banditness. Learn how to fuckin spell before you come out of the closet or you’ll look like a retarded pillow biting ass bandit. I’m sure there’s a special class for pillow biting ass bandit’s such as yourself so study hard and don’t let ALL of your pillow biting ass bandit classmate’s party in your asshole or else you’ll need pampers again because every time you need to shit it will just fallout. Unless you’re already literally losing your shit and in that case good luck and have fun in special class you pillow biting ass bandit.

P.S. Your mom invited us to run a train on her because her son is a pillow biting ass bandit

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  poopscoop
December 15, 2022 10:00 am

Says the fuckin raging ass pirate,fuck off you pole smoking jizz licker

poopscoop
poopscoop
Reply to  Ted Nugent
December 27, 2022 12:35 am

I kicked your mom in the pussy

Black guy
Black guy
February 11, 2022 12:03 pm

Ok movie, i give this 5/10, if you’re looking for gore you won’t find it here, just a slow paced story with very good acting.

MATTHEW RIVENS
MATTHEW RIVENS
Reply to  Black guy
May 28, 2022 9:04 pm

are you BLCK?