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The Melancholy Chicken
CZ, 1999, 114min.?
Cameraman Jaroslav Brabec's third feature involves a family drama set in a village in the recent past. An unfortunate accident brings about the death of a farmer's wife. Their four-year-old son then becomes attached to a young chicken and his… More
Synopsis
Cameraman Jaroslav Brabec's third feature involves a family drama set in a village in the recent past. An unfortunate accident brings about the death of a farmer's wife. Their four-year-old son then becomes attached to a young chicken and his mother returns to him in his dreams. The father begins a new relationship, but this, too, is destroyed through further tragedy.
| Director | Jaroslav Brabec |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Jaroslav Brabec, Vladimír Körner |
| Story | Josef K. Šlejhar |
| Director of photography | Martin Čech, Jiří Macák, Jaroslav Brabec |
| Editor | Filip Issa |
| Sound | Pavel Dobrovský, Marek Hartl |
| Featuring | Karel Roden, Vilma Cibulková, Anna Geislerová, Radko Chromek, Vlasta Chramostová, Lubomír Kostelka, Diana Mórová, Oto Ševčík, Martin Huba |
| Producer | Miloš Remeň |
| Genre | Feature |
| Production Companies | Beltfilm |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | Bontonfilm |
| Sales | Filmexport Prague Distribution, Beltfilm |
| Co-production | Česká televize |
| Supported by fund | Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography |
| Premiere | 30.09.1999 |
| Award: | Český lev 1999 |
