Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.
Acting
Mikkelsen commits fully to Elias's desperate, violent naivety.
Production
The dilapidated island mansion is a character itself—moist and malevolent.
Direction
Jensen balances genuine pathos with slapstick brutality.
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Mads Mikkelsen
Elias
David Dencik
Gabriel
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Gregor
Søren Malling
Franz
Nicolas Bro
Josef
Ole Thestrup
Flemming Abbott
Bodil Jørgensen
Ellen Abbott
Kirsten Lehfeldt
Ingrid Abbott
Lisbet Dahl
Susan
Rikke Louise Andersson
Sara
Kjeld Nørgaard
Færgefører
Maj-Britt Mathiesen
Mia
Birthe Neumann
Inger Lis
Lars Lunøe
Far
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mikkelsen and Jensen have collaborated five times; this was their first since Jensen stopped acting to focus on directing.
The Danish title 'Mænd & Høns' puns on a phrase meaning 'men and nonsense'—the English translation loses this self-aware absurdity.
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