Micmacs

Non Stop Madness.
Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009)
1:44 (104 min)
7.1/10
47 654
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6.6/10
686
7.1/10
32000
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Release date
Budget
$33 000 000
Revenue
$14 000 000
Composer
Raphaël Beau
Actors
Photo André Dussollier
André Dussollier
Nicolas Thibault De Fenouillet
Photo Julie Ferrier
Julie Ferrier
Rubber Kid
Photo Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau
Tambouille
Photo Michel Crémadès
Michel Crémadès
Petit Pierre
Photo Nicolas Marié
Nicolas Marié
François Marconi
All actors and roles (10)

Short description

Bazil works in a Paris video shop and is standing in its doorway when a stray bullet strikes him in the head. Surgeons decide the bullet is too dangerous to remove, so he leaves hospital with the round still lodged in his skull, losing both his job and his home. He is taken in by a group of resourceful outcasts who live among salvage in a cavernous junk heap, and among them he finds companionship, including with a remarkably flexible woman known as Rubber Girl.

Bazil's misfortunes with weapons began earlier: his father was killed by a landmine in the Sahara when Bazil was a child. When he later recognizes the logos of two large arms manufacturers, he and his new friends set out to take on the companies he holds responsible for his troubles.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed and co-wrote the film with Guillaume Laurant, and it followed A Very Long Engagement in his filmography. Dany Boon leads a cast that includes Dominique Pinon, André Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Julie Ferrier and Yolande Moreau. Made for a budget of about 33 million USD, it returned roughly 14 million USD worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.1/10 from around 32,000 votes, on TMDB 6.6/10 from 686 votes, and a film critics' rating of 6.8/10 from 143 reviews.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film that Basil watches at the video rental store before the shootout is “The Big Sleep” starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
  • When Basil eavesdrops on the president of an arms-dealing company, he accidentally drops the microphone into the fireplace of the room, where he hears a duet of cello and saw. This is a reference to the director's early work on "Delicatessen."
  • Several times during the film, posters for the film "Micmacs" appear in the frame, depicting precisely what is happening on screen at that moment.

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