Delicatessen

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$1.8M

Centered on a post-apocalyptic society where food is scarce and used as currency. In an apartment building with a delicatessen on the ground floor. The owner of the eatery also owns the apartment building and is in need of a new maintenance man since the prior one "mysteriously" disappeared. A former clown applies for the job and the butcher's intent is to have him work for as little as possible. The clown and butcher's daughter fall in love and she tries to foil her father's plans by contacting the "troglodytes", a grain eating sub-group of society who live entirely underground.

🏆 Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award15 wins & 16 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Crime

Director

Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast

Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Pascal Benezech

Released

3 April 1992

Runtime

1h 39m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

7.5 / 10

Votes

92,347

Metascore

66

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Box office

$1,803,257

Edition

Base