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Micmacs

Micmacs

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20096.61h 44mR

Overview

While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant
Produced by Frédéric Brillion, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Gilles Legrand
Box OfficeBudget: $33.0MRevenue: $14.0M

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Top Cast

Dany Boon

Dany Boon

Bazil

Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

Fracasse

André Dussollier

André Dussollier

Nicolas Thibault De Fenouillet

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Placard

Julie Ferrier

Julie Ferrier

Rubber Kid

Yolande Moreau

Yolande Moreau

Tambouille

Michel Crémadès

Michel Crémadès

Petit Pierre

Nicolas Marié

Nicolas Marié

François Marconi

Omar Sy

Omar Sy

Remington

Marie-Julie Baup

Marie-Julie Baup

Calculette

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Themes & Keywords

unemploymenthuman cannonball

About Micmacs

Micmacs is a action, comedy, crime film released in 2009 exploring themes of unemployment, human cannonball. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, it stars Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, André Dussollier. While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.

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