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Chicken

2016, Movie, 1h 29min

RICHARD, 15 with learning difficulties, longs to put down roots but his restless and destructive brother, POLLY, needs to keep moving. When the land they live on is bought by a new landowner, and the electricity supply to their caravan is cut, their already precarious living conditions get even worse. Then a chance meeting with the new landowner's daughter, 17 year old ANNABEL (Yasmin Paige), leaves RICHARD besotted; whilst POLLY befriends the guys who run a seedy traveling fair. Richards optimistic view on life becomes increasingly difficult to maintain as Polly's abusive behavior worsens, family secrets are revealed, and he is torn between loyalty to his brother and his first true friend in ANNABEL. For better or worse, Richards life is about to change forever.

Country: United Kingdom

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Reviews

Critic Anna Smith

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An enjoyable, involving British drama with an impressive turn from newcomer Scott Chambers.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Mark Kermode

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...Chambers’s performance has tuning-fork precision, his slightly skewed physical movements and scattershot speech creating a childlike portrait that is neither patronising nor pat...

Read full review at The Guardian

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Chicken is a powerful and poignant drama that follows the story of Richard, a young boy with learning difficulties, who lives in a shabby caravan with his restless and destructive older brother, Polly. Despite their harsh living conditions, Richard longs for stability and roots, but Polly's abusive behavior and the family's precarious situation make it difficult for him to achieve his dreams. When the land they live on is bought by a new landowner, Richard's life takes a dramatic turn, as he befriends the landowner's daughter, Annabel, and becomes torn between loyalty to his brother and his first true friend. As the world of privilege collides with their marginalized existence, Richard's natural optimism is put to the test in this heart-wrenching and thought-provoking film.

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