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The Pink Egg

  • 2017
  • 1h 11m

Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the inspiration for this experimental horror movie, in which human actors wordlessly enact the life-cycles of wasps and bees. Its purpose is to depict with emotion, humor and unnerving specificity an alternative society that really exists and has nothing to do with human beings. A highly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful glory.

Overview

Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the inspiration for this experimental horror movie, in which human actors wordlessly enact the life-cycles of wasps and bees. Its purpose is to depict with emotion, humor and unnerving specificity an alternative society that really exists and has nothing to do with human beings. A highly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful glory.

Cast

  • Julia ZinnPolistes, a paper wasp; queen
  • Lori FelkerAmpulex, a cockroach wasp; female
  • Molly FeingoldCrabro, a fly-hunting wasp; female
  • Chet MazurArilus, an assassin-bug; female
  • Boki BodunrinAnoplius, a spider wasp; female
  • Vicky YenSphecius, the Cicada Killer; female
  • Shelby FossellParcoblatta, a cockroach; female
  • Christy LemasterSpider

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