18 May 2011

Eggs

Eggs is a very entertaining film about two brothers - Pa (Kjell Stormoen) and Moe (Sverre Hansen) - in their seventees, always having lived together in total tranquility, except from the dripping of the water tap...

One day the somewhat disabled - or just 'characteristical' - son of Pa - Konrad (Leif Andrée) - appears in their home and this turns their life upside down, not least Moe's. Konrad's mother - Pa's one night stand - has fallen ill and this is why she now wants Konrad to assume his responsibilities, as she has done for the last 25 years.
Moe wasn't aware of this son as Pa never told him about this sidestep, the result of a weekend trip to Småland (a province in Sweden), the only time the brothers were apart.
Konrad is sitting in a wheelchair and the only sounds he seemingly is able to make, are the sounds of different birds. "Seemingly", yes but...? Added to this he also has a collection of bird's eggs.
Pa tries to help his son as much as he can but Moe is getting more and more bewildered and obviously feels somewhat overridden. He is used to be the center of Pa's world and vice versa but now the center is this 'strange'son.
On the same time one can establish that the friends of Pa and Moe and the brothers themselves are at least as 'strange' in their behaviour as the son and the question that consequently arises:
Is Konrad really the 'odd' person in this context or is he the most intelligent and 'normal' one and what is his goal?

In the end the life of the two brothers change permanently - or perhaps not?


(Photo copied from: http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/5/50/506/506134/eggs6_1184315250.jpg)

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