The Chicken

The Chicken

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1965

Release Year

15 min

Runtime

Comedy

Family

Overview

The Chicken [Le Poulet] is a 1965 French short comedy film directed by Claude Berri. The film follows a father, mother, and son who go to visit a chicken farm. The son catches and brings home a chicken. The father plans to eat it if the chicken doesn't lay eggs. The boy aims to save the chicken and comedy ensues. It won an Oscar in 1966 for Best Short Subject.

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Cast

Jacques Marin

Jacques Marin

Le père

Viviane Bourbonneux

La mère

Martin Serre

Le gosse

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@Geronimo1967

November 30, 2025

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A full ten years before Jacques Marin indignantly told Donald Sinden that he was not taking his airship to the “ARCTIQUE”, he was taking his wife (Viviane Bourdonneux) and their young son (Martin Serre) to a chicken farm. Now asides from the moral questions surrounding allowing your child to bond wi…

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