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Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Carole Bouquet, Michel Serrault
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Buffet Froid |
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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.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Buffet Froid |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
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
- French
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:
- Paris
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
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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