The Pink Egg

Plot Summary

Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the inspiration for this experimental horror movie, in which human actors wordlessly enact the life-cycles of wasps and bees. Its purpose is to depict with emotion, humor and unnerving specificity an alternative society that really exists and has nothing to do with human beings. A highly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful glory.

Top Cast

Julia Zinn Polistes, a paper wasp; queen

Lori Felker Ampulex, a cockroach wasp; female

Molly Feingold Crabro, a fly-hunting wasp; female

Chet Mazur Arilus, an assassin-bug; female

Boki Bodunrin Anoplius, a spider wasp; female