“A Masterpiece of Poetry and Fantasy”: The best animated film of the year is now in theaters

Presented at the recent Cannes Film Festival, in the ACID section, then at Annecy, where it won the prize for Best Animated Feature, Linda Wants a Chicken! Released October 18th in our cinemas. Directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, this original animated feature won over the French press as it has an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 (on AlloCiné as of October 20, 2023).

It’s even the best animated film of 2023, ahead of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (4.05).

What are you doing?

No, Linda didn’t take her mother’s Paulette ring! This punishment is completely unfair!…And now Paulette would do anything to make it right, even chicken with peppers, someone who doesn’t know how to cook. But how can you find chicken on the day of the general strike?…

From a chicken to a watermelon truck, from a diligent police officer to an allergic truck driver, from a grandmother to a flood, Paulette and her daughter set off in search of a chicken, dragging the whole “Linda gang” and eventually everyone. neighborhood.

But Linda doesn’t know that this chicken, once cooked so well by her father, is the key to her lost memory… By the way, does anyone know how to kill a chicken?…

What does the press think?

According to Le Parisien:

“A little bomb that manages to move and make people laugh at the same time, ticks the retina with its ever-moving pencil animation, loads of graphic boldness – like the different color coding of each character – and great ideas to start with.” To finish.” (Reno Baronian) 5/5

According to Ouest France:

“A variation on the Lament of Infinite Subtlety.” (Thierry Chez) 5/5

According to Ecran Large:

“An optimistic portrait of a broken France that loves and helps each other, ‘Linda Wants a Chicken!'” warms hearts. Hilarious and poignant, the film tackles the gray of everyday life with richly colored animation and sound mixing. A sound of rare efficiency. ” (Adrien Roche) 4/5

The best animated film of the fall? Linda has wanted a chicken, a colorful and moving adventure since she was 6 years old

According to L’Humanité:

“Anissi award-winning film by Chiara Malta and Sebastian Laudenbach deals with memory, mourning and favorite recipes in inventive and sensitive animation.” (Samuel Glaze-Esteban) 4/5

According to Les Echos:

“A little girl asks for chicken on a strike day. That was enough of an excuse for Chiara Malta and Sebastian Laudenbach to create a cartoon designed as a rollercoaster of colorful goblins. Eye-popping.” (Adrienne Gombo) 4/5

According to Les Inrockuptibles:

“Linda Wants Chicken has the effect of a great melodic hum, controlled and undulating, with several minor characters scurrying about, all involved in one way or another in this absurd quest that never ends. It’s not bittersweet.” (Marilou Dupontchel) 4/5

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According to the Prime Minister:

“Drenched with narrative exploits (a prologue about the death of his father, a lachrymose masterpiece), the bird chases a life-giving widow and orphan who have thrown themselves into stasis. It is a euphoric and infectious form. resistance against fate and the established order”. (Francois Leger) 4/5

According to Le Journal du Dimanche:

“Poetic, cheeky, burlesque, melancholic adventure serving a separate graphic world that favors the minimalism of silhouettes in bright colors and constant movement.” (Stephanie Belpesch) 3/5