- Country: Italy
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release: 1997-09-12
- Director: Paolo Virzì
- Writers: Francesco Bruni , Paolo Virzì , Furio Scarpelli
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Edoardo Gabbriellini , Malcolm Lunghi , Regina Orioli , Alessio Fantozzi , Marco Cocci , Pietro Fornaciari , Monica Brachini , Barbara Scoppa , Toto Barbato , Claudia Pandolfi
- Runtime: 100 min
- Awards: 8 wins & 14 nominations
- AKA: Ból dorastania (Poland) , Piero világa (Hungary) , Ovosodo (Italy) , Hardboiled Egg (United States of America) , Ovosodo , Яйца вкрутую (Russian Federation)
- Plot: Story of young and shy Piero growing up in a popular area of Livorno (Leghorn) that has the same name as Piero's nickname ("Ovosodo" - "Boiled egg") from his childhood until marriage and coming of age. Mostly a story about all the people that changed his life: Giovanna, the teacher that pushes him to study, his best friend Tommaso, his great love Lisa who will definitively sail away. It's also a story about all the disillusions and compromises in finding one's place in life.
- IMDB:tt0122648
Hardboiled Egg Cast · · · ALL
Paolo Virzì
Director
Edoardo Gabbriellini
Piero Mansani
Claudia Pandolfi
Susy Susini
Nicoletta Braschi
Giovanna Fornari
Regina Orioli
Lisa
Malcolm Lunghi
Piero, 13 anni
Marco Cocci
Tommaso Paladini
Pietro Fornaciari
Nedo Mansani
Barbara Scoppa
Bianca Nesi Mansani
Giorgio Algranti
Operaio #1
Emanuele Barresi
Operaio #2
Claudia Biagiotti
Ragazza balcone
Isabella Cecchi
Impiegata Palchimica
Ginevra Colonna
Cristina
Marco Conte
Bidello liceo
Alberto Forti
Operaio # 5
Gianna Giachetti
Professoressa Maresca
Piero Gremigni
Operaio #3
Roberto Marini
Operaio #4
Daniela Morozzi
Luana
Maria Grazia Taddei
Nonna di Mara
Raffaele Vannoli
Il "Conte"
Fabio Vannozzi
Furio Brondi
Paolo Ruffini
Nicola Galgani (uncredited)