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ANGEL'S EGG
天使のたまご | Tenshi no Tamago
Synopsis
In a vast, decaying city in a strange land, a young girl scavenges the ruins while protecting a large egg she believes will hatch into an angel. She crosses paths with a nameless boy carrying a mysterious weapon, who becomes determined to break open the egg and reveal its contents.
Synopsis
In a vast, decaying city in a strange land, a young girl scavenges the ruins while protecting a large egg she believes will hatch into an angel. She crosses paths with a nameless boy carrying a mysterious weapon, who becomes determined to break open the egg and reveal its contents.
Our take
Baroque cyberpunk design collides with dizzying questions of Christian theology in this deeply mysterious cinepoem from Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Newly restored in 4K, this hauntingly beautiful experiment in animation ventures to the outer limits of narrative and form.