The Chicken (2020)

On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.

The Chicken ist ein Film aus dem Jahr 2020. Genres: Drama. Regie: 空音央. Hauptbesetzung: Junshin Soga, Taiju Nakane, Sandra Maren Schneider, Alan Chen, Jordan Rodriguez. Laufzeit: 14 Minuten. Die Durchschnittsbewertung beträgt 5,5 von 10, bei 6 Stimmen.