Thu 19 Nov 6.30pm

Duke of York’s Picturehouse

DIRECTOR: Jean-Piere Jeunet. STARRING : Dany Boon, Andre Dusolier, Jean-Piere Mariele. France 2009. 102 mins. French with English subtitles.

The latest unforgettable slice of impossibly quirky life from Jean-Pierre Jeunet (AMELIE), is as charming and as visually dazzling as ever. MICMACS is a thrilling comedy centred around a group of misfits’ plan to bring down two big arms manufacturers. The group is led by Bazil, a man down on his luck following an accident that has left a bullet lodged in his brain and a good chance that he will die at any moment. The story of Bazil’s revenge is populated by Jeunet’s trade-mark characters with their unique foibles and abilities, including the young Calculette who can immediately estimate weights, distances and speeds; and an inventor whose junk yard creations are put to bizarre use in the plan. Jeunet continues to beendlessly inventive in his story telling, and MICMACS is a perfect balance of visual feast, edge-of-the-seat plot and witty wordplay.

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