
Canada Vignettes: The Egg
1979-01-01 · 1 min · ★ 6.2
An egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched. In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, learn how societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.
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- Directors
- Robert Bélisle, Jean-François Pouliot
- Production companies
- ONF | NFB
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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