Determined to put an end to her miserable life on an industrial chicken farm, a hen sets off to find a safe place for herself and her chicks to come. She goes on a dangerous journey, facing the depths of human cruelty, but guided by courage, creativity, and an untiring will to survive. She falls into the clutches of the elderly owner of a small, dreary restaurant on the Greek coast, who is under the influence of his daughter’s criminal boyfriend. The hen skillfully navigates the pecking orders of both humans and animals successfully.
DIRECTOR
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György Pálfi
György Pálfi (born 1974) has made a name for himself internationally with his idiosyncratic and often grotesquely exaggerated films, which nevertheless reach a wide audience. After making his first short films, Pálfi graduated from the Budapest Academy of Theater and Film in 2000, and his very first feature film (Hukkle, 2002) was submitted as Hungary’s entry for the Academy Awards. The same was true of his second film, «Taxidermia» (2006). HEN is a logical continuation of his whimsical body of work.
