Men & Chicken

Feb 5, 2015

1h 44m

★ 6.6

You don't choose your own family

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

M&M Productions

DCM Pictures

Det Danske Filminstitut

Film Fyn

Film i Väst

DCM Productions

Nadcon Film

Studio Babelsberg

Men & Chicken Trailers

Cast

Elias

Mads Mikkelsen

Gregor

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Gabriel

David Dencik

Josef

Nicolas Bro

Franz

Søren Malling

Flemming

Ole Thestrup

Doctor Abbot

Kirsten Lehfeldt

Ellen

Bodil Jørgensen

Susan

Lisbet Dahl

Inger Lis

Birthe Neumann

Sara

Rikke Louise Andersson

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