I, The Eyes (flim)
| Mo Lizie la | |
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| Directed by | Jo Noe |
| Screenplay by | Janie Dogo Samson Perreault |
| Produced by | Jamie Madani |
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| Cinematography | Bojan Domota |
| Edited by | Janie Dogo |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Carucere |
| Languages | Papotement Gaullican |
| Budget | $3 million |
I, The Eyes (Papotement: Mo Lizie la, Gaullican: Moi, les Yeux) is a Carucerean historical drama and independent film produced and released in 2022. It the first film written and directed by Janie Dogo and Samson Perreault and shot entirely within Carucere on a limited budget. The movie tells the history of Carucere from 1935 to 1955 as told from the perspective of a personification of the Carrefour Stars baseball team. The movie's title is a reference to the team's nickname due to the team's logo resembling an eye. The film is set to premiere at the 83rd Montecara Film Festival on 22 October 2022, and is set for a regional theatrical release the day after.
Plot
In 2011, at the celebrations following the Carrefour Stars win at the year's Arucian Series, a mysterious old man recollects his memories of the baseball team to revelers sitting at the bar with him. In 1935 an young Gosan man named Henri Dugo returns home to his family after the end of the Great War. While he only briefly saw combat when the island was seized by Estmere, he was traumatized when his position was targeted by Estmerish shore bombardment for several hours. He begins to fall into a depression until a chance encounter with a foul ball leads him to join the newly reformed Carrefour Stars baseball team. The flashback ends when one of the customers interrupts the old man to try buy the man a drink, but they return the old man suddenly disappears.
The old man suddenly reappears in the Karfur district surrounded by various celebrating people. The scene transitions to 1939 with protestors running past, chased by police.