Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic society where meat is scarce, cannibalism is no longer unsavory. And when a young ex-clown takes a job in a dilapidated deli, he's completely unaware that the butcher plans to serve him to the building's bizarre tenants! But when the butcher's nearsighted daughter falls for the clown, she'll go to absurd lengths to foil her father's plan!
My thoughts:
If levity is your antidote to existential anxiety, if you are in a mood for some postapocalyptic giggles, definitely give this black comedy a chance. Between climate change, inflation and global conflicts, this film is a little bit too much on the nose. If you are impressionable and prone to catastrophic thinking, you'll find it easy to picture yourself among the residents of that smoke-shrouded apartment buildings. A few words in defense of the characters in the film. They are not born monsters, just captive participants of a horror show. They certainly did not cause it, not directly. They still remember enough of the world as it was before the catastrophe. They still go about their daily lives. Women still paint their lips red, style their hair, try to flirt and fornicate ... much like the women of Vichy France. The ambience is strangely ... philistine and cozy. It shows that humans can adjust to most absurd and horrendous of circumstances. They will create their own version of "normal".
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