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Micmacs (2009)

Micmacs poster
Original title
Micmacs à tire-larigot
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 667 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man sets off a chain of oddball schemes aimed at two arms dealers. He teams up with a group of misfits living in a junkyard to carry out an elaborate prank-style revenge.

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What happens

Micmacs is a 2009 French comedy film by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Its original French title is MicMacs à tire-larigot (loosely "Non-stop shenanigans"). The film is billed as a "satire on the world arms trade." It premiered on 15 September 2009 at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival as a gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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