Buffet Froid

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Buffet Froid

1979

1h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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Alphonse Tram (Gérard Depardieu) finds a corpse on the Paris Metro, and -- inexplicably -- the murder weapon is Tram's misplaced pocketknife. Tram attempts to contact the authorities, but alcoholic police detective Morvandieu (Bernard Blier) couldn't care less. Then an eccentric killer (Jean Carmet) befriends Tram, and the two recruit Morvandieu to join them as they commit a series of brutal crimes in a frustrated attempt to punctuate their otherwise boring lives.

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Cole Smithey

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Rated: 4/5

Sep 14, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 4/5

Jul 23, 2005

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Aender S

Totally odd but excellent comedy. My favourite by Bertrand Blier.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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There must be other touchstones besides "Waiting for Godot" but none are coming to mind just now. Blier's film is as abstract, surreal, and nonsensical as Beckett's play but it exists more decidedly in the real world of crime and cops, relationship disintegration and loss, towering apartment buildings and empty subway stops. A young Gerard Depardieu stumbles from one set-up to the next - is he potentially a murderer himself? Even he doesn't know. Blier's father is genial as the police inspector who seems more interested in being left alone and drinking wine than investigating crime and Jean Carmet is pathetic as a weak-willed killer of women. These latter two form a ridiculous trio of sorts with Depardieu. The plot frenetically (but absurdly) bounces from one setting and new acquaintance/lover/foe to the next, ending finally in a beautiful natural locale with beautiful Carole Bouquet putting everyone out of their misery. Doesn't overstay its welcome but might require some tolerance - that is, you could be alienated by this riff on alienation.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Black humor at its finest

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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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 It is still not outdated because of the quality of the dialogues and the great actors.

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01/25/23

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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momin k

The Gauls are crazy!!!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Bertrand Blier

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Gérard Depardieu

Alphonse Tram

Bernard Blier

Inspecteur Morvandieu

Jean Carmet

L'assassin

Denise Gence

L'hôtesse

Liliane Rovère

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Synopsis

Alphonse Tram (Gérard Depardieu) finds a corpse on the Paris Metro, and -- inexplicably -- the murder weapon is Tram's misplaced pocketknife. Tram attempts to contact the authorities, but alcoholic police detective Morvandieu (Bernard Blier) couldn't care less. Then an eccentric killer (Jean Carmet) befriends Tram, and the two recruit Morvandieu to join them as they commit a series of brutal crimes in a frustrated attempt to punctuate their otherwise boring lives.

Director: Bertrand Blier
Producer: Alain Sarde
Screenwriter: Bertrand Blier
Production Co: Sara Films, Antenne 2
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (DVD): Jul 10, 2012
Runtime: 1h 35m

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