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Buffet froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1980 Wide

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Buffet Froid is an absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. It starts with Alphonse Tram (G�rard Depardieu) discovering that his casual subway acquaintance (Michel Serrault) is lying down with Alphonse's penknife sticking out of his belly. When he tries to report the crime to his neighbor, a police inspector (Bernard Blier), the latter refuses to listen, saying that he is

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Bertrand Blier

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1980 Wide

Cast

G�rard Depardieu
Alphonse Tram
Bernard Blier
Inspector Morvandieu
Jean Carmet
The murderer
Genevi�ve Page
The widow
Carole Bouquet
The young woman at the ...
Jean Benguigui
The Hired Killer
Michel Serrault
Man in subway (uncredit...
Jean Rougerie
Eugene Leonard
Michel Fortin
Denise Gence
The hostess
Marco Perrin
The man in undershirt
Liliane Rovere
Josyane
Pierre Frag
Roger Riffard
Maurice Travail

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Certainly the best movie from Bertrand Blier. It is still not outdated because of the quality of the dialogues and the great actors.

August 6, 2011

Brice Belian

..amusingly absurd n consistently funny. Every character is either a killer or gets killed..

March 20, 2011

Shreela Tambe

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