Film Details

The feature debut of the French fantasists who subsequently made City of Lost Children and Amélie is a surreal, beautifully designed, Terry Gilliamesque black comedy set in a post-apocalyptic future. An ex-clown (Dominique Pinon) goes to work as a handyman in a shabby apartment building inhabited by bizarre, idiosyncratic tenants. The residents get their meat from a butcher shop on the ground floor of the building, but where does the butcher get his meat? Is the handyman in danger of becoming the next “daily special”? “Fast, funny…Entertains from sinister start to frantic finish.” –Time Out Film Guide. Cleveland revival premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 99 min.