Cannes 2009 Market Must: Micmacs

We are eagerly awaiting Jean-Pierre Jeunet‘s Micmacs (Micmacs a Tire-Larigot) and originally thought that this was going to make it to Cannes’ comp, but it doesn’t appear the film was ready even if it was rushed and perhaps a more logical Fall festival release became the alternative earlier this Spring. The positive is: this doesn’t mean that there isn’t enough for a promo reel and this is what TF1 thinks.

Sold as a “comedy in the vein of Delicatessen and Amélie”, the synopsis begins with a rather peculiar question: is it better to live with a bullet lodged in your brain, even if it means you might drop dead any time? Or would you rather have the bullet taken out and live the rest of your life as a vegetable? Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes? Is scrap metal worth more than landmines? Can you get drunk from eating waffles? Can a woman fit inside a refrigerator? What’s the human cannonball world record?