In the post-apocalyptic France, food is scarce. Clapet (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) is the landlord of an apartment building and the downstairs delicatessen butcher. Circus clown Louison (Dominique Pinon) gets the job of butcher's assistant and falls in love with the butcher's daughter Julie (Marie-Laure Dougnac). Clapet intends to cut up the new worker for food and Julie contacts vegetarian underground rebel Troglodistes.
I like the weird French idea of the apocalypse. Of course, it's about food and cuisine. The yellowy tint is a little off-putting. The style is Gilliam-esque which I love. All the characters are weird. The Troglodistes are even weirder. I like the love story but the movie dwells too much on the weirdness.
I like the weird French idea of the apocalypse. Of course, it's about food and cuisine. The yellowy tint is a little off-putting. The style is Gilliam-esque which I love. All the characters are weird. The Troglodistes are even weirder. I like the love story but the movie dwells too much on the weirdness.