The Egg (1972)
Original title: L'Œuf
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Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
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Guy Bedos
Jean RochefortVictor Dugommier
Marie DuboisHortense Berthoullet
Michel GalabruGaston BerthoulletMovie DNA
Genre affinityComedyDialogue densityComedyDirector preference204595Actor preference318532 · 132782 · 204024Country preferenceFrDecade preference1970
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Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.