“A parable of corruption in Greece as told through the ingenuity and survival instincts of a chicken, it says something when the most normal film in a director’s filmography is an endurance thriller told entirely from the point of view of a hen” - Screen Anarchy

“With great power comes great responsibility” — but what if the hero is just a hen? Escaping from a chicken farm, she 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. 

Hen is a short, sharply observed piece that tracks a chicken moving through a rural environment, but Pálfi treats that simple premise with a kind of tactile intensity. The camera stays low, close to the ground, following the hen’s movements as it pecks, scratches, startles—registering the world almost entirely through its physical, sensory logic. But there is far more at play here, and the spaces through which the bird moves have other stories unfolding in them. 

An incredible, subtle film that slowly builds into into an unexpected crescendo. 

Please note this film is not suitable for children.

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