Angel's Egg (1985)
- Original title
- 天使のたまご
- Directed by
- Mamoru Oshii
- Genre
- drama film, thriller anime, arthouse science fiction film, drama anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, Drama
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 597 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young girl protects a mysterious egg in a dark, post-apocalyptic world. She meets a boy who tells her about a dream he had of a bird.
slow-burndreamlikemelancholicquietmysteriousatmosphericbleakunsettling
What happens
Angel's Egg (Japanese: 天使のたまご, Hepburn: Tenshi no Tamago) is a Japanese animated experimental post-apocalyptic science fantasy OVA film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. Released by Tokuma Shoten on 15 December 1985, the film was a collaboration between artist Yoshitaka Amano and Oshii. The film stars two nameless characters, a young girl who protects an egg, who bonds with a boy who has a dream about a bird. It was the first original project by Oshii and carries themes found in his other works. In a radical departure from Oshii's previous work, Angel's Egg features little spoken dialogue, with a heavily allegorical story steeped in ambiguous imagery and recurrent Biblical allusions. The film originally struggled financially upon release with many viewers being confused over its supposed meaning, but it has since received acclaim as a cult classic. A 4K remaster commemorating the film's 40th anniversary was screened at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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