Character Relationship Map: Micmacs

Characters

• Bazil (played by Dany Boon) — protagonist

  The protagonist who loses his father to a landmine and is later shot by a stray bullet. He recruits a group of outcasts living in Tire-Larigots to orchestrate an elaborate revenge scheme against two r...

• Nicolas Thibault De Fenouillet (played by André Dussollier) — supporting

  A ruthless arms dealer and CEO whose company manufactured the bullet that shot Bazil. He engages in a corporate war with rival CEO François Marconi. Bazil and his friends manipulate him into a staged...

• François Marconi (played by Nicolas Marié) — supporting
• Remington (played by Omar Sy) — supporting

  A clever member of Bazil's scavenger crew who acts as the mastermind of the team's operations. He successfully infiltrates the arms dealers by posing as a high-ranking associate, skillfully manipulati...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Remington → François Marconi (Professional False Negotiator) — Remington manipulates Marconi through a fabricated competing deal.

  Remington presents the same proposed deal to Marconi and later tells him that he will instead be dealing with De Fenouillet.

• Remington → Nicolas Thibault De Fenouillet (Professional False Negotiator) — Remington deceives De Fenouillet by posing as a high-ranking arms buyer.

  Remington claims to be Omar Boulounga's right-hand man and meets De Fenouillet to propose an arms deal.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Nicolas Thibault De Fenouillet → François Marconi (Conflict Corporate Rival) — The CEOs are rival arms dealers manipulated into destroying one another.

  Remington gives each CEO contradictory information, causing Marconi and De Fenouillet to believe they are competing over the same arms deal. The two e...

• Bazil → François Marconi (Conflict Enemy) — Bazil targets Marconi as the arms dealer connected to his father's death.

  Marconi's company manufactured the landmine that killed Bazil's father. Bazil infiltrates Marconi's company and later helps orchestrate his public dis...

• Bazil → Nicolas Thibault De Fenouillet (Conflict Enemy) — Bazil seeks revenge against the arms dealer linked to his injury.

  De Fenouillet's company manufactured the bullet that shot Bazil, and Bazil is thrown out after asking the company for compensation. Bazil later helps...

• Bazil → Remington (Alliance Teammate) — Remington is Bazil's strategic teammate in the revenge operation.

  Remington joins Bazil and the scavenging dwellers in planning revenge against the two arms dealers. He carries out the deception that turns the rival...

Story Analysis

A wounded outsider and a community of scavengers turn personal trauma into an inventive public defeat of arms dealers.

Plot Progression

1. Wounds That Remain — Bazil loses his father to a landmine and later survives a bullet wound that leaves the bullet lodged in his head. After becoming unemployed and homeless, he finds shelter among scavengers.
2. The Two Targets — Bazil discovers that two rival arms companies are connected to his two defining traumas. Rejected by one CEO and spying on the other, he uncovers an active arms arrangement.
3. A War By Deception — Bazil and the scavenging community create a revenge plan. Remington's false identity and contradictory calls turn the two CEOs into enemies.
4. Sabotage And Capture — The crew humiliates both executives, steals dangerous materials, and contributes to escalating industrial violence. Bazil is eventually captured during an apartment intrusion.
5. The False Desert — Bazil's friends rescue him and stage a terrifying desert execution for the two CEOs. Their recorded confessions are exposed online, destroying the executives' reputations.