1985 · fantasy · animation · drama
Angel's Egg
Directed by Mamoru Oshii1h 11m1985
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.
Our read: Angel's Egg (1985) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal fantasy · animation · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, gentle fantasy / animation, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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