Delicatessen

Tried to Escape

Louison

Julie Clapet

Clapet

Mademoiselle Plusse

Marcel Tapioca

Madame Tapioca

Young Rascal

Young Rascal

Grandmother

Robert Kube

Roger

Frog Man

Postman

Aurore Interligator

Georges Interligator

Taxi Driver

Puk

Pank

Fox

Tourneur

Les Troglodistes (as Dominique)

Les Troglodistes

Les Troglodistes

Les Troglodistes

Les Troglodistes

Les Troglodistes

Mr. Livingstone the Chimp

Rumored to be a surrealistic interpretation of The Delicate Delinquent (1957).

Jean-Pierre Jeunet got the idea for a cannibal butcher when living in an apartment above a butcher's shop. Each morning at 7am he would hear the metallic clash of knives and a voice shout, "Chop chop!" His girlfriend said he was carving up the neighbors, and it would be their turn next week.

Delicatessen was the first full film made by Caro and Jeunet, but it was actually planned after The City of Lost Children (1995) was refused, because "The City" was too expensive for the, at the time, unknown directors to assume. For that reason, Delicatessen's budget was cut VERY tight, with a very restricted set, many friends and family of both directors appearing in the cast, and most props being actually old scavenged stuff - again, to cut costs.

When Julie welcomes Louison in her room and we see her following him to the table she has no socks, when she brings him later into his room after he has fallen asleep she has socks.

In certain scenes of the movie, light comes through the windows as if it were day, while it was supposed to be set at night. An example of this is when Aurore tries to commit suicide by having a sewing machine drop on her head light can be seen through the window, but when the Troglodists are peeking through the manhole it is nighttime.

Every time Julie plays the cello, the audio is behind what she plays. This is most visible in the first playing session when she is practising by playing C major up and down; the lag is several notes.

Aurore Interligator: They talk to me about you.

Louison: This is a job for the Australian!

Clapet: You think this is a safari, bitch?