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Hot Chicken

2014 · 12 min

A strange, kitschy little chamber piece that makes you squirm and ache for a lonely man's odd spiritual yearning.

Directed by
Iain Bonner
Starring
Adam Cass, Maurice Morgan, Dominique Murphy
Tagline
No Man is an Island. Give Praise!
Overview
A man eats cheap chicken and drinks a cheap drink in a cheap house. Then a strange couple appears before the terribly lonely man. They all join in spiritual aerobics. A kitschy portrayal of one man's extreme loneliness and desperation.

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Directed by
Iain Bonner
Starring
Adam Cass, Maurice Morgan, Dominique Murphy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • isolation
  • faith
  • identity
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour5
Realism4
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Iain Bonner
Starring
Adam Cass, Maurice Morgan, Dominique Murphy, Caitie Ross
Runtime
12 min
Languages
English

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