Hen
2026·Adventure·1h 36m
7.1
★
Escaping from a chicken farm, a hen finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she discovers love, confronts the pecking order, and fights to protect her eggs from a greedy owner. Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.
Directed by György Pálfi
chicken
hen
Trailer
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Cast
Yannis Kokiasmenos
Restaurant Owner
Maria Diakopanagiotou
The Girl
Argyris Pandazaras
The Boy
Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Smuggler Boss
Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos
Bodyguard
Chronis Barbarian
Smuggler 2
Dimitris Pelekis
Policeman #3
Crew
György Pálfi
Director
György Pálfi
Writer
Thanassis Karathanos
Producer
Popular Reviews
17 reviews
Suse CPRO
9.0★ · 06/09/26
Remarkable. I just saw a chicken commit manslaughter.
Remarkable. I just saw a chicken commit manslaughter.
Le Guigz
7.0★ · 05/28/26
Shicken cex
Shicken cex
Tim Tufts
7.0★ · 05/11/26
Kind of disappointed we didn't get a Q&A from the hen after this fest screening.
I feel similarly about this as I felt with Good Boy. Through the sound design, cinematography, and animal handling, they were able to project highly expressive human emotions onto the lead. Where Good Boy hit all the horror tropes, Hen hit a spectrum of comedic notes. I snorted when she was running under the box and face planted the whole thing. Also loved the over the top romance music when she spots the roosters. Regardless of anything in the plot itself, it's interesting to watch the great film craft.
On paper, I love the idea of playing this whimsical hen opposite the deadly serious smuggling operation, and there's even a decent story going on there independent the hen. However, it didn't sit right when (being intentionally vague so I don't have to spoiler tag this whole thing) a truck load of humans being smuggled were downstream from hen antics. I'm not sure if it's some high-minded point about animal cruelty or just the easiest way for the hen to force things into the third act.
I feel similarly about this as I felt with Good Boy. Through the sound design, cinematography, and animal handling, they were able to project highly expressive human emotions onto the lead. Where Good Boy hit all the horror tropes, Hen hit a spectrum of comedic notes. I snorted when she was running under the box and face planted the whole thing. Also loved the over the top romance music when she spots the roosters. Regardless of anything in the plot itself, it's interesting to watch the great film craft.
On paper, I love the idea of playing this whimsical hen opposite the deadly serious smuggling operation, and there's even a decent story going on there independent the hen. However, it didn't sit right when (being intentionally vague so I don't have to spoiler tag this whole thing) a truck load of humans being smuggled were downstream from hen antics. I'm not sure if it's some high-minded point about animal cruelty or just the easiest way for the hen to force things into the third act.
Kind of disappointed we didn't get a Q&A from the hen after this fest screening.
I feel similarly about this as I felt with Good Boy. Through the sound design, cinematography, and animal handling, they were able to project highly expressive human emotions onto the lead. Where Good Boy hit all the horror tropes, Hen hit a spectrum of comedic notes. I snorted when she was running under the box and face planted the whole thing. Also loved the over the top romance music when she spots the roosters. Regardless of anything in the plot itself, it's interesting to watch the great film craft.
On paper, I love the idea of playing this whimsical hen opposite the deadly serious smuggling operation, and there's even a decent story going on there independent the hen. However, it didn't sit right when (being intentionally vague so I don't have to spoiler tag this whole thing) a truck load of humans being smuggled were downstream from hen antics. I'm not sure if it's some high-minded point about animal cruelty or just the easiest way for the hen to force things into the third act.
I feel similarly about this as I felt with Good Boy. Through the sound design, cinematography, and animal handling, they were able to project highly expressive human emotions onto the lead. Where Good Boy hit all the horror tropes, Hen hit a spectrum of comedic notes. I snorted when she was running under the box and face planted the whole thing. Also loved the over the top romance music when she spots the roosters. Regardless of anything in the plot itself, it's interesting to watch the great film craft.
On paper, I love the idea of playing this whimsical hen opposite the deadly serious smuggling operation, and there's even a decent story going on there independent the hen. However, it didn't sit right when (being intentionally vague so I don't have to spoiler tag this whole thing) a truck load of humans being smuggled were downstream from hen antics. I'm not sure if it's some high-minded point about animal cruelty or just the easiest way for the hen to force things into the third act.
Csicso007PRO
9.0★ · 05/06/26
Fél óra után kicsit vakartam a fejem, hogy ez miért lesz érdekes még legalább egy órán át (amellett, hogy pl a rókás setpiece fantasztikus volt), de aztán vesz egy olyan váratlan fordulatot a történet, meg az egész hangulat, hogy simán bentartott végig. Azt meg nyilván mondani se kell, hogy micsoda mestermunka pusztán filmkészítési szempontból, de kicsit féltem, hogy ebben kimerülnek majd a Tyúk érdemei, nagyon boldog vagyok, hogy pozitívan csalódtam.
Fél óra után kicsit vakartam a fejem, hogy ez miért lesz érdekes még legalább egy órán át (amellett, hogy pl a rókás setpiece fantasztikus volt), de aztán vesz egy olyan váratlan fordulatot a történet, meg az egész hangulat, hogy simán bentartott végig. Azt meg nyilván mondani se kell, hogy micsoda mestermunka pusztán filmkészítési szempontból, de kicsit féltem, hogy ebben kimerülnek majd a Tyúk érdemei, nagyon boldog vagyok, hogy pozitívan csalódtam.
Grega
6.0★ · 04/03/26
Biggest cock around the block
Biggest cock around the block