Micmacs is a 2009 French comedy film by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Its original French title is MicMacs à tire-larigot, . 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. The main character is Bazil , whose father was killed attempting to defuse a land mine when Bazil was a child. The film begins with his father's death, and then jumps to Bazil 30 years later working in a video rental shop in Paris. Bazil is watching The Big Sleep on a small... television. The ending of The Big Sleep segues into the opening credits of Micmacs, shot in the old style in black and white with extended production credits. Bazil hears gunfire and cars outside, opens the door of his shop, and is hit in the head by a stray bullet. A surgical team discusses whether or not to remove the bullet from his brain. Removing the bullet will risk damaging his brain further, while leaving it in will leave Bazil mostly healthy with the risk of dying suddenly at any moment. The head surgeon flips a coin and decides not to remove the bullet.
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| Release date: | September 15, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Frédéric Brillion, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Gilles Legrand |
| Editor: | Hervé Schneid |
| Music by: | Raphaël Beau |
| Cinematography: | Tetsuo Nagata |
| Screenplay by: | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant |
| Genre: | Comedy |