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Angel's Egg

1985 · 73 min

A slow, hypnotic plunge into a dreamlike wasteland, heavy with silence and symbolism, rewarding patience with haunting images.

Tagline: Under a sky where clouds make sound as they move.
Overview: 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.

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
isolation
identity
death
memory
Places: fantasy world
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: animated
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	4
Humour	0
Realism	1
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	8

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