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Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild

2011 · 93 min

A tender, bittersweet animated journey that balances moments of danger with a deep sense of maternal love and sacrifice.

Directed by
Oh Sung-yoon
Genres
Animation, Family, Adventure
Tagline
A story of love, sacrifice and courage
Overview
Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.

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Directed by
Oh Sung-yoon
Genres
Animation, Family, Adventure
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • freedom
  • survival
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism3
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
animation, family, adventure, drama
Directed by
Oh Sung-yoon
Written by
Hyeon Nam-seok, Kim Eun-jeong, Na Hyun
Starring
Moon So-ri, Yoo Seung-ho, Choi Min-sik, Park Cheol-min, Kim Sang-hyun, Jeon Sook-kyung, Um Sang-hyun, Sa Seong-ung
Music
Yoon Min-hwa
Cinematography
Lee Jong-hyeok
Runtime
93 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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