Review of Hen (2025)
Seen in 2026.
A black chicken born in a Greek CAFO randomly ends up having an eventful life.
The first act has the features of a children’s film, including one scene that trivializes political protest by filming the protesters and the police only from below, so that no message or position can be discerned. Later, the hen finds a stable home and the premises change. She is merely anthropomorphized by the framing of her love stories with a couple of roosters, while the focus is on a literally human drama in the foreground. Surprisingly, the hen kills a truck full of illegal migrants by jamming a ventilation fan; a strange choice that leaves me wondering who this film is for.