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.

Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009)
  • Rating: (12,423 votes)
  • Runtime:105 minutes
  • Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Country:France
  • Actors:
    Bazil
    Dany Boon
    Nicolas Thibault de Fenouillet
    André Dussollier
    François Marconi
    Nicolas Marié
    Placard
    Jean-Pierre Marielle
    Tambouille
    Yolande Moreau
    La Môme Caoutchouc
    Julie Ferrier
    Remington
    Omar Sy
    Fracasse
    Dominique Pinon
    Petit Pierre
    Michel Crémadès
    Calculette
    Marie-Julie Baup
  • Genres:Comedy, Crime
  • Producers:
    Frédéric Brillion
    producer  
    Jean-Pierre Jeunet
    producer  
    Souad Lamriki
    executive producer  
    Gilles Legrand
    producer  
  • Plot: 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
Micmacs à tire-larigot
  • User's comment:A sumptuous treat for everyone, proving just as effective across the language barriers by jburtroald95

    The unfortunate well-meaning Frenchman Bazil (Dany Boon) finds himself wishing ill upon wealthy industrialists Nicholas Thibault de Fenouillet (André Doussillier) and Francois Marconi (Nicolas Marié), the heads of two corrupt artillery corporations, who are responsible for both the tragic death of his father when Bazil was a boy, and the silver bullet lodged in his head and set to explode at any moment. Assisted by an abnormally-skilled gang of other military victims, Bazil endeavours to bring down the two perpetrators and strike a damaging blow at the entire industry.

    The aforementioned plot could potentially deliver a grim and bloodthirsty heist thriller, but French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has other intentions. The opening scene in which the little boy Bazil (here played by the young Noé Boon) witnesses his father being blown to pieces amongst the familiar scenery of sandy deserts and Arab costumes, and the following event of Bazil being accidentally shot in the head by a rogue army officer, carry some suspense and sorrow. These serve as a succinct and sufficiently grave acknowledgement of the atrocities of terrorism, yet thankfully Jeunet has the intelligence and frivolity to drop the solemnity at this point, avoiding overstatement of the point and unleashing riches of wonderfully liberating and delightfully unpretentious entertainment.

    Bazil's accomplices, or rather, kind and caring companions, are an extremely lovable and splendidly colourful bunch of very uncomplicated characters. Living in a cosy makeshift home, they support each other using their special talents, which range from the remarkable innovation of an expert inventor (a charming Michel Crémadès) to the incredible flexibility of a charismatic contortionist (Julie Ferrier's infectious spunk matches perfectly with Dany Boon's priceless quirks). Their plans to foil the two villains are extremely creative and utterly unexpected, providing most of the film's subtle and beautifully simplistic humour.

    Although the film's simplicity does comes at a cost, dragging it far away from Oscar-worthy greatness. It also results in a slight lag in the middle, where its lack of depth truly takes its toll after the initial burst of exuberance momentarily ceases to resonate. However, this barren stretch of reel precedes and is redeemed by the ultimate serving of ingenious wit and hilarity.

    All in all a sumptuous treat for everyone, proving just as effective across the language barriers.


  • Also known as: Micmacs (Finland), Micmacs (International - English title), Micmacs (Spain - imdb display title), Micmacs (Sweden - imdb display title), L'esplosivo piano di Bazil (Italy - imdb display title), L'esplosivo piano di Bazil (Italy - imdb display title), Неудачники (Russia), Bazyl. Czlowiek z kula w glowie (Poland - imdb display title), Galimatias (Slovakia - imdb display title), MicMacs - Mikroapateones sta dyskola (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Micmacs - (N)agyban megy a kavarás (Hungary - imdb display title), Micmacs - Det glade vanvid (Denmark - imdb display title), Micmacs - Um Plano Complicado (Brazil), Micmacs - Uma Brilhante Confusão (Portugal - imdb display title), Micmacs - Uns gehört Paris! (Germany), Micmacs - det glade vanvidd (Norway), Mikmakid (Estonia - imdb display title), Pakleni plan druzine cudaka (Serbia - TV title),

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