Hen (film)
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| Greek | Kota |
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| Directed by | György Pálfi |
| Screenplay by | György Pálfi Zsófia Ruttkay |
| Produced by | Thanassis Karathanos Martin Hampel Costas Lambropoulos Giorgos Kiriakos |
| Starring | Ioannis Kokiasmenos Maria Diakopanagioti Argyris Pantazaras |
| Cinematography | Giorgos Karvelas |
| Edited by | Lehmhényi Réka |
| Music by | Szabolcs Szoke |
Production companies | Pallas Film View Master Films Twenty Twenty Vision |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | Hungary Germany Greece |
| Language | Greek |
Hen (Greek: Kota) is a drama film, directed by György Pálfi and released in 2025. A coproduction of companies from Germany, Greece and Hungary, the film follows a Leghorn chicken who escapes from an industrial farm and wanders until finding a new home in the chicken coop of a small family-owned restaurant tied to a human smuggling ring.
The cast includes Ioannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanagioti, Argyris Pantazaras, Machmout Bamerni, Chronis Barbarian, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Nikos Kattis, Dimitris Pelekis and Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, as well as eight chickens playing the lead character.
The film premiered in the Platform Prize competition at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention.