Release Date

18 Mar, 1988

Runtime

00:58: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The Egg is a short (58 minute) and sweet seriocomedy from Holland. Johan Leysen plays a shy, illiterate baker who desires an education. Marijke Veugelers portrays the equally shy schoolteacher who endeavors to teach Leysen how to read. Love blooms, and the results, while not always happy, are aesthetically more pleasing than in the similarly plotted Jane Fonda/Robert De Niro starrer Stanley and Iris. Most prints of The Egg are in Dutch with English subtitles, which is as it should be; any attempt to dub these characters with Americanized voices would dissipate the film's fragile charm.

Original Title

Ei

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Actors

Johan Leysen

Marijke Veugelers

Adri de Bruijn

Peter Smits

Coby Timp

Crew

Danniel Danniel