MICMACS

GENRE:  Foreign/ Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Nicolas Marie, Yolande Moreau, Dominique Pinon
DIRECTOR:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant,

PLOT:  When Bazil loses his father to a mine then receives a non-fatal bullet to the brain he becomes determined to bring down the weapons manufacturers.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Delicatessen, Amelie, The City Of Lost Children, A Very Long Engagement

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A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

GENRE:  Romance/ Mystery/ Drama/ Foreign
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Audrey Totou, Marion Cotillard, Dominque Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth
DIRECTOR:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Sebastien Japrisot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant

PLOT:  The story of a young lady's hunt for her missing fiance after World War I.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Amelie, Delicatessen, City Of Lost Children

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THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN

GENRE:  Foreign/Drama/Dark Comedy
MADE:  1995
CAST:  Ron Perlman, Danil Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon
DIRECTOR:  Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro, Guillaume Laurant

PLOT:  The story takes place in a surreal setting in a low, dark, run-down area of France littered with poor orphan kids who steal for a pimp in order to survive.  A mad scientist with his clone of helpers kidnap children to steal their dreams in order to find a way to stay young.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Delicatessen, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Pernassus, Amelie

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AMELIE

GENRE:  Foreign/Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovits, Lorella Cravotta, Jamel Debbouze, Dominique Pinon
DIRECTOR:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

PLOT:  A young lady in Paris takes to doing-good and is on a mission to find the owner of a long-lost box filled with memorabelia, on the way she meets a mysterious photo booth man and a game of cat & mouse ensues.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  A Very Long Engagement, Chocolat, Alice In Wonderland by Tim Burton

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DELICATESSEN

GENRE:  Drama/Dark Comedy/Crime/Fantasy
MADE:  1991
CAST:  Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard
DIRECTOR:  Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Gilles Adrien, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

PLOT:  A surreal film set post-apocalyptic times in a small village in France where food is scarce and the people are poor.  An ex-circus performer looking for work comes upon a small apartment community lead by a landlord who owns a butcher shop.  The landlord agrees to let an apartment to the man in trade for handy-work around apartment building.  There the man meets many unusual character and soon finds that something suspicious is afoot.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  City Of Lost Children, Amelie, Chocolat

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