Having plucked recognition from prestigious festivals and film awards as well as critical acclaim around the world, the hand-painted French animated feature Chicken for Linda! is offering a new flavor for movie lovers in select cinemas across the U.S. To mark the release, Animation Magazine is delighted to debut a new behind-the-scenes video about the filmmakers’ dialog recording process, which captured natural performances by the actors and ambient sounds in real locations.
Directed by husband-and-wife team Chiara Malta (Simple Women) and Sébastien Laudenbach (The Girl without Hands), Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet) recently won the César and Lumières Award for Best Animated Feature, the 2023 Annecy Grand Cristal and both the Grand Prize and Audience Award at last fall’s Animation Is Film Festival. The film was an official Cannes selection in the ACID program.
Synopsis: Paulette 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 leads to an outrageous series of events that spirals out of control, as Paulette does everything she can to keep her promise and find a chicken for Linda.
Presented by GKIDS, Chicken for Linda! opened in N.Y.C. on April 5 and will debut in L.A. at the Laemmle Royal on April 12, followed by a nationwide rollout to select cinemas from April 15. The film screens in the original French language. Visit chickenforlinda.com to buy tickets.
Read more about the making of the movie in Animation Magazine‘s feature story here.
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