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Angel's Egg

Angel's Egg

Animation · Fantasy · Mystery · 1985

In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.

Movie details

Angel's Egg

“Under a sky where clouds make sound as they move.”

1985 Animation · Fantasy · Mystery 1h 11m

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TMDB

7.7 / 10

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In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Mamoru Oshii

Written by

Mamoru Oshii

Keiichi Noda

Keiichi Noda

Narrator (Voice)

Mako Hyodo

Mako Hyodo

Girl (Voice)

Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Man (Voice)

Court is in session

Put Angel's Egg on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.