There is something rather understated about Neo Sora’s “The Chicken.” Although syringed with plenty of underlying meaning and enigmatic moments of pondering, there is a relative tranquillity throughout its thirteen-minute runtime which colours the short with a palpable lightness. Based on Naoya Shiga’s short story “An Afternoon on November 3rd”, one of 2020’s film festival favourites is undeniably an engrossing watch.
The Chicken is screening at Japan Society
The film revolves around Hiro (Junshin Soga), a young Japanese immigrant who now resides in New York but dreams of owning a farm in Siberia, living off his own produce and teaching his children the value of life in a grassroots environment. He feels out of place in modern America, with the weather “too hot,” the rent seemingly only ever increasing, and gentrification rife within all corners of the country. Yet, in line with his wife (Sandra Maren Schneider), a...
The Chicken is screening at Japan Society
The film revolves around Hiro (Junshin Soga), a young Japanese immigrant who now resides in New York but dreams of owning a farm in Siberia, living off his own produce and teaching his children the value of life in a grassroots environment. He feels out of place in modern America, with the weather “too hot,” the rent seemingly only ever increasing, and gentrification rife within all corners of the country. Yet, in line with his wife (Sandra Maren Schneider), a...
- 2/7/2021
- by Nathan Sartain
- AsianMoviePulse
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