The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal the trailer of György Pálfi ChickenFirst at the San Sebastian Film Festival this year.
The Hungarian-director director Pálfi is best known for his first feature film Hukkle (2002), surreal film Taxidermia (2006) and experimental piece Final cup – ladies and gentleman (2012), as well as 2014 Free fall and 2018 His master’s voice.
His latest work, Chickenobtained his world premiere at Tiff and now arrives at the Spanish festival to make his European first on Wednesday in the Zabaltegi Tabakalera section of the Fest.
Produced by Pallas Film and View Master Films, the film follows a hen which, after having escaped a chicken farm, finds refuge in the courtyard of a ruined restaurant. There, she discovers love, confronts the hierarchical order and fights to protect her eggs from a greedy owner. His funny but touching quest for maternity, reflects disorderly compromises and silent struggles for human lives.
“The story is multilayer, like a hologram, showing the same image in different planes and dimensions, through two different destinies. One is the life of a hen, the other of a man,” said Pálfi, whose films all present animals. “Of course, the two are interdependent, intertwined and, although motivated by various objectives and motivations, inseparable. The smallness and peace of the existence of the hen is found in this film a tragedy of human life in the midst of a global problem.”
“In the film Chicken“, He continued:” I played with the idea of what is happening when human history is not at the center. What if we, humans, are the “lateral thread” of history? “He added:” One of the biggest challenges in making this film was to decide to work with real animals, not to use CGI or IA to create them. This is an organic chicken film.
The lucky number gives international sales to Chicken. Look at the trailer below.
The San Sebastian International Film Festival 2025, from September 19 to 27, has a wealth of large firsts including James Vanderbilt NurembourgEdward Berger Ballad of a little player And Alice Winocour Sewing With Angelina Jolie. Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence is expected to recover the Donostia Prize from the Fest later this week.
