Buffet Froid

Buffet Froid

89 mins | Crime, Comedy | Dec. 19, 1979

An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.

Buffet Froid

89 mins | Crime, Comedy | Dec. 19, 1979

Buffet Froid
An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Sara Films, Antenne 2
Original title Buffet froid
Directors Bertrand Blier
Writers Bertrand Blier

Cast

Gérard Depardieu

as Alphonse Tram

Bernard Blier

as Inspecteur Morvandieu

Jean Carmet

as L'assassin

Michel Serrault

as Le quidam, comptable

Geneviève Page

as Geneviève, la veuve

Jean Benguigui

as Le tueur à gages

Marco Perrin

as Le maçon réveillé la nuit

Carole Bouquet

as La jeune femme

Bernard Crombey

as Le toubib

Denise Gence

as L'hôtesse au château

Jean Rougerie

as Eugène Léonard, le témoin

Liliane Rovère

as Josyane

Michel Fortin

as Le locataire musicien

Pierre Frag

as L'homme divorcé

Roger Riffard

as Le garde de la tour

Maurice Travail

as Le garde du terrain vague

Nicole Desailly

as La femme divorcée

Eric Vasberg

as Inspecteur Cavana