The Chicken

Synopsis: Sarajevo, 1993. As a present for her 6th birthday, Selma gets a live chicken. When she realizes the animal is going to be killed to feed the family, she decides to save it and set it free, unaware of the high stakes such action will lead to. While trying to bring back the missing chicken, Selma's mum becomes a target of a sniper shoot.
Genre: Drama, Family, Short
Director(s): Una Gunjak
  16 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Year:
2014
15 min
74 Views


THE CHICKEN:

And with this "Rocking Chair Twist",

we wish you a pleasant Sunday!

The ship pitches

There are squalls and storms at sea

"But no sissies are we... "

Start again!

The ship rolls

The ship pitches

There are squalls and storms at sea

But no sissies are we

We're happy as fish in water

- Pee-pee!

- Not now!

CHICKEN FARM:

Anyone home?

If this isn't a surprise!

- How do we prepare it?

- In the stew pot.

Does he make eggs?

No, honey, it's not a hen.

- So what does he do?

- Nothing. We eat it.

Do we eat the hens?

No, because they lay eggs.

Eat!

Do we have a stew pot?

Eat up.

You don't know who's eating you.

Is it fat?

Mine doesn't like poultry.

In just a few moments,

tonight's movie.

We remind you that this program...

... is not recommended

for our younger viewers.

So we say to them, good night.

Sleep tight!

I want him to sleep with me.

Who?

The chicken.

When will we eat the chicken?

Sunday.

It's a hen.

Anyone can make a mistake.

Another one.

When do we eat the chicken?

We don't. Because it's a hen.

A dozen eggs, ma'am.

It's him!

Don't hit him, Fernand!

- It never happens?

- Never!

I don't want us to eat him.

No, honey, we won't eat him.

Will we, Papa?

I knew it wasn't a hen.

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