Hardboiled Egg
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Paolo Virz8
Edoardo Gabriellini
Malcolm Lunghi
Nicoletta Braschi
Matteo Campus
Claudia Pandolfi
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Synopsis
Nicknamed Ovosodo, or "Hard Boiled Egg," after the low rent part of town in which he was born, Piero lives with his retarded brother, his father who is in and out of prison from criminal association, and his irascible stepmother, Mara, who moves in, already heavily pregnant, directly after the funeral of Piero's mother.
Director
Paolo Virz8
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Special Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival.
Released in Italy September 1997
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 8-19, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 28 - February 8, 1998.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 23 - May 7, 1998.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 6, 1997.
c Technicolor
Dolby
Released in Italy September 1997
