WHAT is this anti-war comedy film I am thinking of??
June 10, 2015 2:15 PM Subscribe
There is a movie I saw in the mid-2000s that I am trying to find again, and I am having trouble with every kind of search I've been using.
From what I remember, it was French, and it was a kind of slapstick rag-tag comedy about a bunch of underdogs, vagabonds, and "nobodies" who realise that they all have special talents and are worthy human beings together. it somehow starts with a guy being shot at or being robbed in a store, I believe, and rather than merely blame the shooter, he seeks out the arms manufacturers who produced the gun in the first place, and w/ his friends, realises how they exploit society. They thin pit two rival arms contractors against each other and even pull a prank on them making them think they are in Afghanistan, reading off names of people who've died with their weapons...
I feel this is very specific and should be easy to find but I can't for the life of me! What am I mis-remembering? Help!!
through their bonding realise their common enemy: the arms manufacturers
From what I remember, it was French, and it was a kind of slapstick rag-tag comedy about a bunch of underdogs, vagabonds, and "nobodies" who realise that they all have special talents and are worthy human beings together. it somehow starts with a guy being shot at or being robbed in a store, I believe, and rather than merely blame the shooter, he seeks out the arms manufacturers who produced the gun in the first place, and w/ his friends, realises how they exploit society. They thin pit two rival arms contractors against each other and even pull a prank on them making them think they are in Afghanistan, reading off names of people who've died with their weapons...
I feel this is very specific and should be easy to find but I can't for the life of me! What am I mis-remembering? Help!!
through their bonding realise their common enemy: the arms manufacturers
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of City of Lost Children, Amelie, and Delicatessen.
I'd say it's one of his lesser works, but that still makes it pretty darn good. Trailer.
posted by Naberius at 8:16 PM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'd say it's one of his lesser works, but that still makes it pretty darn good. Trailer.
posted by Naberius at 8:16 PM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
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