Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro. Let me begin by saying that although the subject of the film is cannibalism, there is very little blood or gore in the film. Some, but certainly not all, of the violence in the film is implied. The film takes place at some undetermined time in the future, when food is scarce. Although it is not explicitly stated, it appears there was a war that stopped food production.
Grain is so scarce it is used as money, and cannibalism is rampant.
The butcher's practice is to hire a new maintenance worker, then kill him and sell the meat to the residents of the apartment building, who are all cannibals. Soon Stanley meets the butcher's daughter, and love blossoms. The butcher's daughter tries to convince her father to spare Stanley from the chopping block, but her father refuses. Although this is one of the sickest films I have seen in some time, it is also very, very funny. The emphasis of the film is on black humor rather than gore or blood.