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Micmacs ()

Micmacs à tire-larigot (original title)
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A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.

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Cast

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Bazil
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Nicolas Thibault de Fenouillet
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Tambouille
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Fracasse
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Calculette
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Petit Pierre
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François Marconi
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La Môme Caoutchouc
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Remington
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Placard
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Le gardien de nuit de Marconi
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Gerbaud
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Libarski
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Matéo
Philippe Girard ...
Gravier
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Le chef des rebelles / L'émissaire africain
Emy Lévy ...
La bénévole des Restos du coeur
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Georges, le chauffeur de Marconi
Arsène Mosca ...
Serge du magasin vidéo
Manon Le Moal ...
Lola
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Mme Cissé
Bernard Bastareaud ...
M. Cissé (as Bernard Bastereaud)
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Le technicien lubrique
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La partenaire du technicien lubrique
Noé Boon ...
Bazil enfant
Pascal Parisat ...
Le chirurgien
Cendrine Orcier ...
L'assistante du chirurgien
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La strip-teaseuse (as Rachel Berger)
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Le partenaire de la strip-teaseuse
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Le guide des touristes
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Robert De Niro (as Yamin Dib)
Domitille Bioret ...
La concierge de Bazil
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La chanteuse du métro
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L'Arabe menaçant
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La concierge amiantée
Joseph Hernandez ...
Le mari de la concierge amiantée
Elisabeth Calejon ...
La concierge de De Fenouillet (as Elisabeth Callejon)
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Le technicien embarrassé
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La mère de Bazil
Florian Goutiéras ...
Le fils de Marconi
Gabriel Hallali ...
Le minot
Christine Kay ...
Mme De Fenouillet
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L'hôtesse du Train Bleu
Thérèse Roussel ...
La dame âgée au lit
Michel Francini ...
L'homme âgé au lit
Arnaud Maillard ...
Le chauffeur de De Fenouillet
Marc Stusay ...
Un rebelle (as Marc Stussy)
Laurent Mendy ...
Un rebelle
Alain Raymond ...
Max le ferrailleur
Philippe Pillavoine ...
Le diable
Laurentine Milebo ...
La nounou du Marconi
Régis Romele ...
Le père de Bazil (as Régis Romelé)
Juliette Wiatr ...
La vendeuse des Galeries
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La soeur de l'orphelinat
Cid Freer ...
Le dealer
Jocelyne Sand ...
La femme de l'assistance (as Jocelyn Sand)
Valérie Moinet ...
La femme à la petite chienne
Julianna Kovacs ...
La grand-mère de Bazil (as Juliana Kovacs)
Guy Lamûre ...
L'officier
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L'émissaire africain (voice)
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Libarski (voice)
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Petit Pierre (voice)
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Journaliste (uncredited)
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Journaliste (uncredited)
Casserley Cielo ...
Internet User (uncredited)
Julien Goetz ...
Internet user (uncredited)
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Journaliste télé (uncredited)
Jean-Michel Larqué ...
Jean-Michel Larqué (uncredited)
Yannick Mahé ...
Journaliste télé (uncredited)
Eric Moreau ...
Un homme dans la rue (uncredited)
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Ange-gardien (uncredited)
Thierry Roland ...
Thierry Roland (uncredited)
Gautier van Lieshout ...
Fils de De Fenouillet (uncredited)
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Doublure contorsionniste (uncredited)
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L'inventeur des histoires drôles (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet ... (as Jean Pierre Jeunet)

Written by

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet ... (scenario) (as Jean Pierre Jeunet) and
Guillaume Laurant ... (scenario)
 
Guillaume Laurant ... (dialogue)

Produced by

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Frédéric Brillion ... producer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet ... producer
Souad Lamriki ... executive producer
Gilles Legrand ... producer
Camille Nahassia ... assistant producer

Music by

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Raphaël Beau

Cinematography by

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Tetsuo Nagata

Editing by

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Hervé Schneid

Editorial Department

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Anne-Sophie Bion ... first assistant editor
Sahra Mekki ... assistant editor
Anita Roth ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Pierre-Jacques Bénichou
Valerie Espagne ... (casting kids and small roles)

Production Design by

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Aline Bonetto

Set Decoration by

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Monica Alberte

Costume Design by

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Madeline Fontaine

Makeup Department

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Amélie Bouilly ... makeup artist
Jeremy Caravita ... makeup effects artist (as Jérémy B. Caravita)
Anne Moralis ... wig maker
Vesna Peborde ... makeup artist
Jean-Christophe Roger ... makeup artist
Dorothée Soual ... wig maker
Nathalie Tissier ... key makeup artist / makeup designer
Chloé Van Lierde ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Zoubir Belgsir ... unit manager
Pierre-Olivier Daudens ... assistant unit manager
Matthieu Dubois ... assistant unit manager
Cendrine Gady ... post-production manager
Thibaud Garron ... assistant unit manager
Claire Le Saint ... assistant unit manager
François Lebourg ... assistant unit manager
Anne-Claire Loridant ... unit manager trainee
Charles Miambanzila ... assistant unit manager trainee
Charlotte Remay ... production manager
Baptiste Souyri ... assistant unit manager
Gregory Valmir ... assistant production manager
Robin Welch ... assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sébastien Conche ... second unit director
Armel Gourvennec ... second assistant director
Mathieu Hiltzer ... second assistant director
Clément Inglesakis ... third assistant director
Amine Lamriki ... first assistant director: morocco
Marie Legendre ... third assistant director
Thierry Mauvoisin ... first assistant director
Marouane Reda ... second assistant director
Julie-Anne Simon ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Julie Allain-Launay ... props
Christophe Ballu ... carpenter
Pauline Berger ... sculptor
François Borgeaud ... property master
Pascal Chevé ... supervisor head plasterer
Bertrand Clercq-Roques ... assistant art director (as Bertrand Clerq-Roques)
Rémi Dumas ... assistant decorator
Daniel Feret ... chief carpenter
Emmanuel Galtier ... props
Franck Gies ... carpenter
Jonathan Israël ... assistant property master (as Jonathan Israel)
Anne Le van ra ... art department coordinator
Alice Leconte ... third assistant art director
Franck Miniconi ... head painter
Cyndi Nello ... assistant set decorator
Bertrand Terreyre ... carpenter
Halima Zniber ... assistant art director

Sound Department

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Vincent Arnardi ... re-recording mixer
Selim Azzazi ... sound effects editor
Nicolas Becker ... fx foley artist
Sophie Chiabaut ... boom operator
Rym Debbarh-Mounir ... post-synchronization editor
Emmanuel Desguez ... sound technician
Gérard Hardy ... sound editor
Alain Lévy ... post-synchronisation
Pierre Martens ... sound recordist
Josselin Panchout ... ADR boom operator / second sound assistant
Julien Perez ... re-recording mixer
Jean Umansky ... sound engineer
Marilena Cavola ... supervising dialogue editor (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Lelong ... supervising foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Alain Birchler ... sfx props
Noel Chainbaux ... special effects assistant
Yves Domenjoud ... special effects supervisor
Olivier Robert ... sfx props
Romain Rosier ... special effects assistant
Benjamin Vermot ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Jerome Auliac ... digital compositor
Damien Bataille ... visual effects
Saïdou Bernabé ... environments technical director
Anaïs Bertrand ... visual effects coordinator (as Anais Bertrand)
Alain Bignet ... digital compositor
Guy Gerard Blanc ... matte painter
Emilien Breuillier ... visual effects (as Breuillier Emilien)
Eric Carme ... visual effects artist
Guillaume Carniato ... digital compositor
Alain Carsoux ... visual effects supervisor
Anthony Charbonnier ... digital compositor
Philippe Chotard ... senior systems administrator
Jean-Denis Coindre ... digital matte painter
Jean-Nicolas Costa ... digital compositor
Natalène Darfeuille ... visual effects coordinator
Ludovic Davidian ... visual effects artist
Benoit De Longlee ... visual effects artist
Séverine De Wever ... visual effects coordinator
Christophe Dehaene ... digital compositor
Stephane Dittoo ... visual effects supervisor
Ludivine Ducrocq ... production administration
Christophe Duflaut ... digital compositor
François Dupuy ... digital intermediate supervisor
Rodrigue El Hajj ... visual effects artist
Pierre Genin ... visual effects: 3D supervisor
David Gourmaud ... visual effects editor
Thibaut Granier ... digital compositor
Ludovic Iochem ... digital matte painter
Didier Le Fouest ... colorgrading artist (as Didier le Fouest)
Guillaume Le Gouez ... digital compositor
Gianni Manno ... animator
Perrine Michel ... digital compositor
Selim Mondzie ... visual effects artist
Fredrik Monteil ... digital compositor
Aude Nguyen-Ngoc ... visual effects artist
Kevin Pacini ... visual effects editor
Cecile Peltier ... digital compositor
Frank Petit ... digital compositor
Cyril Pichard ... research & development
Joel Pinto ... digital compositor
Elisa Pretta ... digital compositor
Isabelle Ramnou ... matte painting
Sébastien Rossi ... visual effects
Aurore Rousset ... animator
Etienne Salançon ... digital compositor
Christian Simon ... digital compositor
Niranjan Siva ... digital compositor
Jeremy Séguin ... digital compositor
Christian Tomikowski ... digital compositor
Georges Tornero ... visual effects supervisor
Delphine Volny ... visual effects assistant
Veronique Zylberfain ... matte painter

Stunts

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Serge Beuchat ... stunts
Julien Briche ... stunts
Rémi Canaple ... assistant stunt coordinator
Alexandre Cauderlier ... stunts wire effects / stunts
Kevin Cauderlier ... stunts
Patrick Cauderlier ... stunt coordinator / stunt double / stunts wire effects
Guy Dupuis ... stunts
Olivier Fornara ... stunts
David Grolleau ... stunts
Enrico Horn ... stunt performer
Jean-Claude Lagniez ... stunt coordinator
Sébastien Lagniez ... stunt performer
Laurent Larrieu ... rescue boat operator
Pascal Mercuri ... stunts
Jean-Loup Michou ... stunts
Philippe Morel ... stunts
Julien Piguet ... stunt driver
Alexandre Rambure ... stunts
Pascal Roblin ... stunts
Yoni Roch ... stunts
Jean-Paul Ropars ... stunts
Marc Seguy ... stunts
Jack-Alexandre Soufflard ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Christian Abomnes ... first assistant camera
Jean-Christophe Allain ... additional focus puller
Damien Auriol ... key grip
Eric Bonnaire ... grip
Bruno Calvo ... still photographer
Patrick Contesse ... gaffer
Steve de Rocco ... additional second assistant camera
Bertrand Delorme ... electrician
Hugues Espinasse ... focus puller
Euriel Etevenon ... first assistant camera
Vincent Gallot ... first assistant camera: second unit
Manuel Gaspar ... best boy
Arnaud Gervet ... additional second assistant camera
Bruno Glasberg ... electrician: second unit
Emile Henny ... video operator
Frédéric Jacquemin ... aerial camera pilot
Damien Jousselin ... electrician
Eric Larsen ... grip
Julien Lecat ... camera operator: "b" camera
Philip Lozano ... additional focus puller
Morvan Omnes ... grip
Adrien Onesto ... additional video assist: second unit
Sylvain Rodriguez ... assistant camera
Jan Rubens ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator: "a" camera
Vincent Scotet ... second assistant camera: second unit
Gregoire Thevenot ... second assistant: "a" camera
François Vigon ... additional second assistant camera
Jean-Mary Vodoz ... additional grip

Animation Department

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Antoine Arditti ... animator
Romain Segaud ... animation director

Casting Department

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Camille Brunat ... casting assistant
Marie-Sylvie Caillierez ... extras casting
Yann Le Boucher ... extras casting assistant
Marc Robert ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Loïc Barnier ... costumer
Emma Bellocq ... costumer
Laetitia Bouix ... set costumer
Sabine Knocke ... costumer
Olivier Ligen ... costumer
Justine Vivien ... costumer

Location Management

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Miloud Akdim ... assistant location manager
Reza Boirahmady ... location manager
Rabii El Bakki ... assistant location manager (as Rabii Elbakki) / assistant location manager
Aude Lemercier ... location scout

Music Department

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Edouard Dubois ... music consultant
Stefan Karrer ... soundtrack album producer
Hervé Schneid ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Louise Arhex ... script supervisor assistant
Anne Wermelinger ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Philippe Dailler ... mechanic

Additional Crew

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Élizabeth Boorn ... production coordinator
Laurence Garcia ... production administrator
Clémentine Lepecq ... production assistant
Gianni Manno ... end credits designer

Thanks

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John Grant ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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

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Also Known As
  • Micmacs (United States)
  • Micmacs (Thailand, English title)
  • French for Beginners (United States)
  • Shenanigans to Your Heart's Content (World-wide, English title)
  • Micmacs (Canada, English title)
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Runtime
  • 105 min
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Budget EUR27,090,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The full title in French - "Micmacs à tire-larigot" - literally means "non-stop shenanigans". See more »
Goofs When the three goons roll their ammunition down a table to decide who will execute De Fenouillet, the rounds roll in a straight line. Since the three of them use 357 magnum revolvers, the rounds have a rim which would make them roll in an arc of a circle. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hot Tub Time Machine/Chloe/How to Train Your Dragon (2010). See more »
Soundtracks Le Marchand de Bonheur See more »

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