Delicatessen (1991)

Delicatessen is a wonderfully inventive, humorous, grotesque, beautiful, colorful, intelligent film.  It's not for all tastes, but those who go with the flow will be swept along with it.  I was reminded of Terry Gilliams's Brazil, it's that kind of off kilter film.  Set in some time warp when it seems there are only a few people left, at least wherever this is, a former circus clown comes to stay in an apartment building filled with colorful, paranoid people who are led by, fed by, and tyrannized by the deli owner.  'Nuff said.  Lighting, set design and camera angles are superb.  Dominique Pinon is perfect as the clown.  Despite the many things I liked about the movie, I don't know if they really knew how to end it, and it kind of thuds to a close.  Still, a movie to watch more than once.

Country: France
Year:  1991
Director:  Marc Caro, Jean-Peirre Jeunet
Time:  95 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes:  Tomatometer 88%, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/delicatessen/
IMDB:  Rating 7.8,  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/


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Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYo_SkERMNI