Delicatessen ★★★ 1992 (R) Set in 21st-century Paris, this hilarious debut from directors Jeunet and Caro focuses on the lives of the oddball tenants of an apartment building over a butcher shop. Although there is a famine, the butcher shop is always stocked with fresh meat—made from the building's tenants. Part comedy, part horror, part romance, this film merges a cacophony of sights and sounds with intriguing results. Watch for the scene involving a symphony of creaking bed springs, a squeaky bicycle pump, a cello, and clicking knitting needles. In French with English subtitles. 95m/C VHS. FR Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Karin Viard, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Ticky Holgado, Anne Marie Pisani, Edith Ker, Patrick Paroux, Jean-Luc Caron;
Director:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro;
Writer:
Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro;
Writer:
Darius Khondji;
Cameo:
Carlos D'Alessi. Cesar '92: Art Dir./Set Dec., Writing.
