Earwig is a 2021 neo-noir body horror drama film co-written and directed by Lucile Hadà ¾ihaliloviÃÂ, based on the eponymous novel by Brian Catling. It is a co-production of Britain, Belgium and France.
The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
In bleak post-war Europe, a hot-tempered middle-aged man named Albert Scellinc must care for a strange little girl named Mia, who has no teeth. Every day Albert fashions new dentures for her out of ice, collecting the meltwater saliva in an odd device and refreezing it. Albert dreams of a dreamy past with his wife at a country manor, and when a mysterious voice instructs him to prepare Mia for the outside world, he is brought into contact with barmaid Celeste and her sinister friend Laurence, with violent consequences.