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One-Eyed Men Are Kings

One-Eyed Men Are Kings

6,7 /10 (10 Votes)
1974 FR 15 min

Overview

One-Eyed Men Are Kings [Les... borgnes sont rois] is a 1974 French short film directed by Michel Leroy and Edmond Séchan. In the film, a sad middle-aged man in Paris man and his dog go for a walk, which turns into an ordeal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Release date

01/10/1974

Votes

10

Popularity

0.8

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Les... borgnes sont rois

Language

FR

Runtime

15 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-02-19

⭐ 6

An old gent returns home one afternoon to find, as usual, that his elderly mother is obsessing over her dog. It’s quite an aggressive little creature with huge great teeth that it readily brandishes in his direction forcing a ritual retreat - without any dinner! She summons him presently but that’s just to take it walkies and even that isn’t without it’s hassles as this mutt has an habit of peeing on people’s cars and tripping up blind folks! That gives him an idea… Next day, same old same old but he decides to don a pair of dark glasses and pretend he can’t see either. This proves really quit…

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