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      Buffet Froid

      1979 1h 35m Mystery & Thriller Comedy List
      Reviews 90% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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      Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 4/5 Sep 14, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Jul 23, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member Black humor at its finest Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Certainly the best movie from Bertrand Blier. It is still not outdated because of the quality of the dialogues and the great actors. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member ..amusingly absurd n consistently funny. Every character is either a killer or gets killed.. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review momin k The Gauls are crazy!!! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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
      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