Cowards Bend the Knee
2003 · 64 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,517 VOTES · DIR. Guy Maddin
Overview
When he takes his girlfriend to a seedy abortion clinic in the back room of a combination hair salon / bordello, Guy Maddin meets the madam’s daughter and falls in love. But she won’t let any man touch her until her father’s murder has been avenged.
Dialogue Timeline — 254 lines
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00:00:10 COWARDS BEND THE KNEE
00:03:10 ...his girfriend, VERONICA.
00:05:47 Delirious from his two knocknocks...
00:07:15 Beauty salon by day...
00:11:26 To stay or go?
00:14:28 "NO HAND SHALL TOUCH ME..."
00:15:36 "By my whore of a mother..."
00:16:44 THOSE ROARING CATARACTS!
00:18:38 Chapter Four META'S BEDROOM
00:20:48 UNWELCOME NOISES...
00:22:49 "They live!"
00:25:26 MOTHER!
00:28:08 Guy wins a job at the salon.
00:31:29 THE HALL OF THE ALL-TIME MAROONS
00:34:15 DESPERATE TO PLAY HOCKEY AGAIN!
00:36:57 End of CHAPTER SIX
00:40:17 GUY FOLLOWS BEST FRIEND MO TO THE POLICE STATION, TO CONFESS!
00:46:55 "Are you happy NOW?!!"
00:49:08 BEFORE SHE DIED.
00:51:35 BACK WITH HIS BUDDIES
00:55:34 Chapter Ten THE FURIES
00:58:21 "Put an end to this travesty!"
00:59:37 "Daddy!"
01:01:35 End of CHAPTER TEN
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed254
Dialogue density4.0 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line01:01:35
Production Record
DirectorGuy Maddin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,517