Micmacs

Made in 2009, Micmacs is a french film directed and co-written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet(Amelie). This clever comedy is written in the style of Amelie with a heightened reality that borders on fantastical. The story follows a man who decides to take down two french arms dealers after being shot in the head by one's bullet and learning that his father died in battle after stepping on the other company's land mine. The film stars Danny Boon as Bazil, a thirty-something year old man who has a bullet lodged in his brain and could die at any second. After recovering from his wound, he is released from the hospital. Then after a bout of being homeless he moves into a junk yard with a gang of misfits who become his family. Through carefully thought out schemes, the group attempts to take the arms dealers down. Jeunet does a masterful job of juggling a comedic action movie with very serious and real issues dealing with war, violence and greed.