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Bookmark this pageBuffet Froid (1979)
Director: Bertrand Blier
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From Time Out Film Guide
Rigorously absurd contemporary film noir which presents every character, incident and situation known to the genre, but none of the customary explanations, motivations or consequences. A blackly surreal procession of amoral and/or illegal acts proceed haphazardly from Depardieu's discovery of his lost penknife embedded in a dying Métro traveller, and his subsequent alliance with his wife's murderer and a police inspector, producing a cherishably Buñuelian depiction of the far-from-discreet crimes of the bourgeoisie.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Bertrand Blier
Producer: Alain Sarde
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Genevieve Page, Denise Gence, Carole Bouquet, Michel Serrault full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 93 mins
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