Micmacs
(2009)
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Micmacs
(2009)
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| Dany Boon | ... |
Bazil
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| André Dussollier | ... |
Nicolas Thibault de Fenouillet
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Nicolas Marié | ... |
François Marconi
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| Jean-Pierre Marielle | ... |
Placard
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| Yolande Moreau | ... | ||
| Julie Ferrier | ... |
La Môme Caoutchouc
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| Omar Sy | ... |
Remington
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| Dominique Pinon | ... |
Fracasse
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| Michel Crémadès | ... |
Petit Pierre
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Marie-Julie Baup | ... |
Calculette
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Urbain Cancelier | ... |
Le gardien de nuit de Marconi
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Patrick Paroux | ... |
Gerbaud
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Jean-Pierre Becker | ... |
Libarski
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Stéphane Butet | ... |
Matéo
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Philippe Girard | ... |
Gravier
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Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion. Written by The Massie Twins
I saw 21 films at the 2009 Toronto Film Fest, and while many of them were good, this one was the best by a wide margin. If you've liked any of Jeunet's movies in the past, you can put this one down as a sure thing (provided that your favorite isn't ALIEN RESURRECTION). All of the Jeunet elements you love -- colorful, quirky characters (in this case, a whole gang of them), other-worldliness, incredible color schemes, chain reactions, etc. -- in a new concoction that doesn't feel repetitive or derivative in the slightest. As a sympathetic character with a gift for physical comedy, leading man Dany Boon can hold a candle to Chaplin and Keaton. It's simply a masterpiece ... the kind of film that will keep me coming back to this festival forever.