KFC Presents: Hen (15)
This film is presented by Keswick Film Club as part of its 2026-2027 season. Everyone is welcome, but Membership of the Keswick Film Club costs £10 and then entitles you to a £3 discount on the ticket price of its films (which are shown on most Sundays from September to March, typically at 5pm).
As it is hosted by the Keswick Film Club, which is seperate from the cinema, this film is not included in the Keswick Alhambra Cinema Membership programme. If you are a Keswick Alhambra Cinema Member you can though also join the Keswick Film Club, and at the discounted price of just £5. Just ask the staff in the cinema if you would like to take up this offer.
Hen (in Greek with English subtitles)
A film about... an escaped hen! Don’t be put off - there is a lot more to this than meets her eye...through which the whole film is seen. As she escapes from one place to the next she 'quizzically observes a world where humans treat each other like, well, animals’ - Leslie Felperin, Guardian.
After several near escapes from death, our ‘plucky’ chicken ends up in a closed down restaurant used as a hideout for smugglers...who are about to start human smuggling. The parallels with battery farming are clear, and ‘there’s some tiny solace in seeing that at least life goes on for other creatures. The film is an amazing feat of animal training and deft editing, and it’s all so weirdly cheering’ - Leslie Felperin again.
This amazing piece of cinema boasts little or no CGI... and eight hens in the starring role.
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