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Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Carole Bouquet, Michel Serrault
| BUFFET FROID, sometimes called "Cold Cuts", is a French surreal comedy written and directed by Bertrand Blier in 1979. This movie earned the 1980 French Academy award (César) in the Best Screenplay category.
Three men, the sole inhabitants of an empty rooming house, start to kill, without any good reason at all, the people around them. First, there is Alphonse Tram (Depardieu), an unemployed suffering from recurrent nightmares, who's involved in several murders but doesn't have any memory of having committed the crimes. The second main character is Morvandieu (Blier), a police inspector who hears Tram's confession. The last one, played by Jean Carmet is a serial killer always looking for a woman to murder. | ||
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Plot Comedy, primarily Yes Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's Kind of comedy How much humor v. drama - Mostly humor, but some serious drama Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Eccentric: Yes - obsessed Hair color? - blonde Hair type - (man) long girliemon hair Body type - (man) muscular Events of movie makes character more... - irritated Ethnicity/Nationality How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings Intelligence - Average intelligence Physique - average physique Secondary Main Character Identity: - Male Hair color - brunette (Black) Hair style - (man) bald Body type - (man) fat How much in movie? - 90%-100% Ethnicity/Nationality - French Setting Europe Yes European country: - France Water? Yes Water: - drowning City? Yes City: Misc setting Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Movie makes you feel... - all mixed up Sex/nudity in movie? Yes What kind of sex: - kissing Non-American film? Yes What language? - French Subtitles? - Yes Any profanity? - Some foul language If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical |
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