Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 15 wins & 16 nominations total
Mikael Todde
- Young Rascal
- (as Mikaël Todde)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJean-Pierre Jeunet got the idea for a cannibal butcher when living in an apartment above a butcher's shop. Each morning at 7am he would hear the metallic clash of knives and a voice shout, "Chop chop!" His girlfriend said he was carving up the neighbors, and it would be their turn next week.
- GoofsEvery time Julie plays the cello, the audio is behind what she plays. This is most visible in the first playing session when she is practising by playing C major up and down; the lag is several notes.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credits, crew members' names appear on objects that the camera tracks across: the director of photography's name appears on a camera, the composer's name on a broken 12" record, etc.
- SoundtracksEntry of the Gladiators
Written by Julius Fucík
Featured review
Clever ideas and good notion of filmmaking are at the core of this movie, whose storyline is the smallest asset. But you won't really care when you see it, because even though the story isn't really elaborate, what you have here is one of the most original movies you'll ever get your eyes on. The setting is perfect, with no historic or geographic references, only an estranged building, which doesn't have a single straight normal tenant. The result is a magnificent work of actors, cinematography and set dressing, that makes the most of visual resources for a movie. The directors Jeunet & Caro show their true potential in this movie that will keep you glued with its naive-like comedy style, and its unique set of characters, which could generate a separate movie about each and every one of them. Magnificent, and truly original.
- Dockelektro
- Jul 22, 2002
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- FRF 24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,803,257
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,733
- Apr 5, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $1,804,142
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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