Synopsis

WHAT CAME FIRST: THE EGG OR THE CHICKEN?
CLARICE LISPECTOR ANSWERS THIS SHAKESPEAREAN RIDDLE THAT MANKIND HAS BEEN
ASKING ITSELF SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

SHE ANSWERS IT IN HER VERY OWN ORIGINAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL STYLE, TOUCHING
ON SUBJECTS SUCH AS THE IDENTIFICATION BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS (THERE ARE
THOSE WHO KNOW THE ANSWER, THE "AGENTS") AND THE SECRET ENGRAINED DEEP
INSIDE THE HUMAN SOUL. THIS SECRET THAT THE CHICKEN HOLDS AND CHERISHES
INSIDE ITSELF.
 
"SO THAT IT WILL SURVIVE THROUGHOUT TIME".