The Sufferings of a Wounded Egg (1967)
19m
Running Time
December 27, 1967Release Date
The Sufferings of a Wounded Egg (1967)
19m
Running Time
December 27, 1967Release Date
Plot.
A surrealist saga in four parts: 1.) The credit sequence in which title cards show successively larger foetuses pulsating on the screen until the baby is born and cries. 2.) Etoile-directly referring to Cocteau, Lethem shows an adolescent sucking a starfish and then giving birth to a smaller starfish. A statement of inadequacy. To give birth involves an emasculation and a loss of vitality. 3.) Corps-two images of a man on a couch groping for each other, watched by a mysterious peeping Tom. As the two superimposed images come together, the heavy breathing subsides…the statement that the birth of desire is a self – realisation. 4.) Hymen – The decaying body of a girl is shot through green filters, and the final image reveals her vagina crawling with maggots and overlain with a crucifix. A representation of Catholicism preventing the free expression of desire.
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Cast & Crew.

Andrée McLey

Roland Lespineux

Jio Berk

Nicole Duport

Roland Lethem
Director

Natacha Schinski
Producer

Jean-Claude Neckelbrouck
Cinematographer

Jean-Marie Buchet
Editor
Details.
Release DateDecember 27, 1967
Original NameLes souffrances d'un oeuf meurtri
StatusReleased
Running Time19m
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
belgium
suffering
surrealism
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