Chicken poster

Chicken

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Mick and Kev, teen Irish lads, are at the shore, throwing rocks at empty cans, drinking cider. Mick's the pushy one, engaging Kev in a game of mumbly peg, his hand on top of Kev's, fingers splayed. As Mick moves the knife between their fingers, a train is heard approaching. What's Mick's purpose?

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • beach
  • dublin, ireland
  • male homosexuality
  • ireland
  • lgbt
  • gay theme
  • short film
  • gay teenager

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Behind the camera

Director

Barry Dignam

Produced in

Ireland

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalSan Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival15 Jun 2001
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Mar 2001
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalWorldwide Short Film Festival5 Jun 2002
  • BelgiumBE

    • TheatricalFlanders International Film Festival13 Oct 2001
    • Physical1 Oct 2002
  • FranceFR

    • Physical1 Oct 2002
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalAthens Film Festival13 Sept 2001
  • IcelandIS

    • TheatricalReykjavik Gay and Lesbian Film Festival5 Mar 2004
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1 Mar 2001

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Chicken was released on 1 March 2001.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/30/2023

    6/10

    This briefest of short films sees two teenage lads messing about with some beers by an Irish coastal railway line. "Mick" (Darren Healy) seems a little more grown up, certainly more dominant, than "Kev" (Niall O'Shea) but when a passing train startles them and interrupts the game that they are playing it becomes clear that the two are a little more than friends. Quiet a clever three minutes of assumption-busting cine…

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