Ei (Egg) (1988)
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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… More 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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Danniel Danniel
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 11, 1987 Wide
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Cast
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Johan Leysen
as Johan
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Marijke Veugelers
as Eva
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Coby Timb
as Johan's mother
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Jake Kruyer
as Paul
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Peter Smits
as Peter
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Piet Kamerman
as Gerard
