The Chicken

6.6

Genre: Comedy Family
Run time: 15 min
Premiere: 1965. July 19.

Director: Claude Berri
Starring: Jacques Marin Viviane Bourbonneux Martin Serre

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.