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Movie poster: The Stickleback's Eggs (1925)
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The Stickleback's Eggs

1925 · 26 min Documentary
5.6 / 10 · TMDB

An educational film, a movie through a microscope, in two parts. Within minutes after the egg drops in the water, fertilization occurs and contractions start. Soon, in a fertilized egg, we see the germinal disc divide into two blastomeres. Divisions continue; contractions re-occur at the cap as it covers the egg. Title cards in French tell us what to watch for. Muscular movements and circulation appear; the heart beats. In part two, we see blood circulation begin as red cells develop on the surface of the yoke. They mass toward the heart. Arteries form, blood flows. The egg hatches and blood flows to new areas.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title L'Oeuf d'épinoche
Year 1925
Country France
Genre Documentary
Director Jean Painlevé
Runtime 26 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.6/10 (15 votes)

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The film constructs a mesmerizing voyage into a microcosm, relying on the pure visual poetry of biological processes. It explores the fundamental miracle of a single cell's transformation into a complex organism, where every division and flow of blood carries its own inherent drama.

What lingers after viewing is a meditative awe for the origins of being, where scientific precision becomes a philosophical statement on life's fragility and tenacity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jean Painlevé

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