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Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Micmacs (in Hour Magazine)

Delicate Essence:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet finds his muse for Micmacs à tire-larigot

Bienvenue chez Les Ch’tis was a monster hit in Canada and the United States, bringing French comedy films back into the limelight – though some might say that Ch’tis, though undeniably hilarious, was rather broad, and that indeed, France has a subtler and richer comedic cinema mastermind at work in Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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