• Jan 31
• UK release for Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s MICMACS
• Posted by Deljhp - 31/01/10 at 03:01 PM

If you’re in the UK, and loved any of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s earlier (we’re over looking ‘Alien: Resurrection’) work, then pencil this straight away into your must see. Micmacs, the latest eye candy from the director who brought us the beautiful ‘Amelie,’ surreal ‘Delicatessen,’ and dark fantasy ‘City of the lost Children,’ is to get a theatrical release next month. Surprisingly for a foreign language release, they’ve actually gone to a fair amount of trouble, creating a great little sub site to explore. Micmacs opens in UK on February 26th. Now...where’s that sharpener.

Synopsis: 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 an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden and instant death. Released from hospital, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is adopted by a motley crew of second-hand 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 friends he sets out to take revenge.

Micmacs official UK site