THE NEST EGG | Omeleto

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A man wears a chicken suit. On one street corner in London, an old man in a chicken suit invites people to throw eggs at him for money. Soon he becomes an online video sensation, and people come out in droves to pay for eggs and toss them at him, all while he remains stoic. Little do they know that the chicken man is named Ernie, a lonely widower trying to make his way through the tangle of grief that has immobilized him since his wife passed away. Together the couple accumulated a nice sum of money to enjoy retirement together. But now Ernie is at a loss on how to use his nest egg without his beloved, kind wife... until his world collides with a precocious and resourceful little girl trying to win an egg decorating contest so she can buy her single mom a present for her birthday. This charming yet emotionally grounded dramedy -- directed by Lucy Patrick Ward, written by Lee Sutton and produced by Martina Silcock -- could sound overly twee or whimsical on paper. But through understated yet confident directing and intelligent and emphatic writing, it achieves a remarkable balance in tone that manages to be simultaneously sardonic, heart-warming and profound. One of the film's chief strengths is how it doesn't shy away from the casual minor cruelties that people can inflict upon one another, whether it's the glee that people take in hurling eggs at an old man or how little girls can so easily destroy one another's hopes. The storytelling doesn't lean too heavily on these s

Published 2020-01-27 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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