Oeil pour Oeil
2019 · 6m
Directed by Thomas Boileau, François Briantais, Robin Courtoise, Alan Guimont, Malcolm Hunt, Mathieu Lecroq
Genres: adventure, animation, comedy
Tones: absurdist, humorous, whimsical
A one-eyed, not quite malicious pirate desperately searches for treasure in this six-minute animated laugh riot full of gaffes with a heart of gold.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Six minutes of anarchic pirate bumbling should be a dead premise, but the film's commitment to absurdist specificity—a one-eyed protagonist searching for treasure while the world collapses around him—actually earns its weirdness instead of chasing it.
A formally playful animated comedy that understands the lineage of slapstick and physical humor while executing it with contemporary sensibility; the six-person directing team orchestrates gags with genuine control.
What makes this work is the decision to let the animation *feel* loose and ramshackle—the timing of each gag, the slightly imperfect character movement—creates the impression of charming incompetence that actually required perfect technical precision to pull off.
Reviews
Written and directed by a team of six, the 6-minute animated Oeil Pour Oeil (an eye for an eye) is a laugh riot. Centred around a one-eyed, not quite malicious, pirate desperately in search of treasure, Oeil Pour Oeil functions as a series of gaffes with a heart of gold, give or take a few dead crew