| Buffet froid | |
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 Theatrical release poster showing Blier, Depardieu and Carmet | |
| Directed by | Bertrand Blier |
| Written by | Bertrand Blier |
| Produced by | Alain Sarde |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Bernard Blier Jean Carmet |
| Cinematography | Jean Penzer |
| Edited by | Claudine Merlin |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde and Johannes Brahms |
Production companies | Sara Films Antenne 2 |
| Distributed by | UGC |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Buffet froid (English: Cold Buffet) is a 1979 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet. The film is a surreal black comedy portrayed as a crime thriller, set in Paris where contemporary urban life has alienated and dehumanized the city dwellers. The film won a César Award for Best Writing, and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Editing, and Production Design.
In the film, a daydreaming man offers his bloodstained knife to a random accountant at a metro station. While the two men argue, the knife disappears. When the accountant is mysteriously murdered with this same knife, the daydreamer chats about the murder with his new neighbor, a police inspector. A series of strange encounters eventually leads to the murder of the daydreamer.