SummaryPaulette feels guilty after unjustly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her. Linda immediately asks for a meal of chicken with peppers, which reminds her of the dish her father used to make. But with a general strike closing stores all across town and pushing people into the streets, this innocent request quickly ... Read More
Directed By:Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta
Written By:Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Chicken for Linda!
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100% Positive
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Apr 26, 2024
100
This tale of parents and poultry more than earns the exclamation point in its title. It sweeps you into a whirlwind of ingenuity, bite after animated bite.
Jul 31, 2024
91
Despite its straightforward goal, Chicken For Linda!‘ never quite settles into a consistent tone. That may sound like a complaint, but it isn’t. Not knowing where the story will go next keeps things interesting.
Apr 4, 2024
90
For all its playful color-block hues and deceptively casual illustrations, the movie delivers a sharp mix of pathos and humor.
Apr 19, 2024
85
Kids will get a kick out of it (provided they’re old enough to read subtitles), and adults (parents, especially) will embrace the detail that goes into portraying the complexities of parenthood that are often glossed over by many.
Apr 3, 2024
80
It’s an appealing little charmer of a film, captured with a pleasingly lithe and lively animation style.
Apr 2, 2024
63
However pleasurable and pretty Chicken for Linda may be in its individual scenes, it doesn’t so much achieve harmony through its balancing of contrasting elements as it fully surrenders to childlike whimsy.
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Production Company:
- Dolce Vita Films
- Miyu Productions
- Palosanto Films
- France 3 Cinéma
- France Télévisions
- Ciné+
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Ministero della Cultura (MiC)
- Eurimages
- La Région Île-de-France
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Pictanovo
- Région Hauts-de-France
- Pôle Image Magelis
- Département de la Charente
- Région Normandie
- Indéfilms 9
- Cinémage 16
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
- Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA)
- Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
Release Date:Apr 5, 2024
Duration:1 h 13 m
Awards
Annie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
