NZIFF - Hen
<div>Beyond the confines of a factory farm, a heroic hen finds a new lease on life in a crumbling restaurant's courtyard. Feathers are ruffled and jokes are cracked in this egg- cellent adventure. </div><div><br></div><div>What if the chicken left an industrial farm, hitched a ride on a truck, evaded the jaws of ahungry fox, and then crossed the road? What would happen next? György Pálfi's Hen answers this age-old question, giving his feathered leading lady the chance to tell her side of the story. Co-written with frequent collaborator Zsófia Ruttkay, this heartfelt, often humorous adventure of a resilient hen is entwined with a darker story, as our heroine finds that the pecking order applies not only to chickens, but to humans too. Navigating a Greek seaside village amidst the migrant crisis and investigating various instances of ‘fowl’ play, she encounters the</div><div>cruelty and kindness that humans extend to other animals, and to each other.</div><div><br></div><div>The film succeeds due to Pálfi's genuine connection to his plucky protagonist - played by eight real-life chickens. Hen uses no CGI, AI, or special effects to construct the chicken's point-of-view, providing an unexpectedly intimate look at interspecies connection. The egg may come first in Hen, but it raises another important question: is any creature truly free to live on their own terms, unbridled by the events around them? – Madison Marshall</div>DramaPT1H36MM2026-09-01Yannis Kokiasmenos
Maria Diakopanayotou
Argyris Pandazaras
György Pálfi
Thanassis Karathanos
Costas Lambropoulos
Martin Hampel
Giorgos Kiriakos
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