HEN

HEN

Directed by

György Pálfi

Germany, Greece, Hungary 2025 96 MIN

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Synopsis

A hen escapes from an industrial chicken farm and finds refuge in the courtyard of a dilapidated restaurant on the Greek coast. As she searches for safety, discovers a mate, and struggles to protect her eggs from the restaurant’s greedy owner, the lives of the humans around her gradually come into view. Theft, smuggling, migration, and everyday compromises unfold in the background while the determined bird pursues the simple instinct to create and defend a family. Told from the unusual perspective of its feathered protagonist, the film becomes a tragicomic reflection on motherhood, survival, power, and the often-chaotic behaviour of human beings.

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György Pálfi

György Pálfi is a Hungarian director and screenwriter, born in Budapest in 1974. His feature debut, Hukkle (2002), established him as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Hungarian cinema, followed by the internationally acclaimed Taxidermia (2006). Both films were selected as Hungary’s submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His other works include Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012), Free Fall (2014), His Master’s Voice (2018), and Perpetuity (2021). Pálfi is known for visually inventive, unconventional storytelling that frequently moves between realism, surrealism, and dark humour.

Credits

Director
György Pálfi
Screenplay
György Pálfi, Zsófia Ruttkay
Cinematography
Giorgos Karvelas
Editing
Réka Lemhényi
Music
Szabolcs Szőke
Sound Design
Marinos Athanasopoulos, Erik Mischijew, Matthias Schwab
Cast
Yannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagiotou, Argyris Pandazaras, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Machmout Bamerni, Chronis Barbarian
Producers
Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Costas Lambropoulos, Giorgos Kiriakos (Pallas Film, View Master Films, Twenty Twenty Vision)

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