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Micmacs

Micmacs

Review score: * * * * *

cast: DANY BOON, ANDRE DUSSOLLIER, OMAR SY, DOMINIQUE PINON, JULIE FERRIER, NICOLAS MARIE, MARIE-JULIE BAUP, MICHEL CREMADES, YOLANDE MOREAU and JEAN-PIERRE MARIELLE

year: 2008

colour: yes

certificate: 12A

director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

runtime: 104

First it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain... Bazil doesn't have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden and instant death. Released from the hospital, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is adopted by a motley crew of secondhand dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave, whose talents and aspirations are as surprising as they are diverse: Remington, Calculator, Buster, Slammer, Elastic Girl, Tiny Pete and Mama Chow. One day, walking by two huge buildings, Bazil recognizes the logos of the weapons manufacturers that caused his hardship. With the help of his faithful gang of wacky friends he sets out to take revenge. Underdogs battling heartless industrial giants, our gang relives the battle of David and Goliath, with all the imagination and fantasy of Buster Keaton...

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