The atypical animated film “Linda wants chicken!”, directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, has a press average of 4.1/5.
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Presented at the last Cannes Film Festival, in the ACID section, then in Annecy where it received the prize for best animated film, Linda Wants Chicken! was released on October 18 in our cinemas. Directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, this original animated feature film has won over the French press, since its average is 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 IS IT ABOUT ?
No, it wasn’t Linda who took her mother Paulette’s ring! This punishment is completely unfair!…And now Paulette would do anything to make it up to her, even a chicken with peppers, she who doesn’t know how to cook. But how can you find a chicken on a general strike day?…
From a henhouse to a watermelon truck, from a zealous cop to an allergic truck driver, from a grandmother to a flood, Paulette and her daughter will set off in search of the chicken, dragging along the entire “Linda gang” and ultimately the entire 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 THE PRESS THINKS…
According to Le Parisien:
“A little bomb which manages to move and make people laugh at the same time, while marking the retina with its always moving pencil animation, multiplying the graphic audacity – such as a different color code for each character – and the beautiful ideas of the beginning to end.” (Renaud Baronian) 5/5
According to Ouest France:
“A variation around mourning of infinite finesse.” (Thierry Cheze) 5/5
According to Ecran Large:
“An optimistic portrait of a broken France that loves and helps each other, “Linda wants chicken!” warms hearts. Hilarious and touching, the film combats the grayness of everyday life thanks to richly colored animation and sound mixing. sound of rare efficiency.” (Adrien Roche) 4/5
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According to L’Humanité:
“Award-winning in Annecy, the film by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach deals with memory, mourning and beloved recipes in an inventive and sensitive animation.” (Samuel Gleyze-Esteban) 4/5
According to Les Echos:
“A little girl demands chicken on a strike day. This pretext was enough for Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach to set in motion a cartoon designed like a rollercoaster of colorful gags. Breathtaking.” (Adrien Gombeaud) 4/5
According to Les Inrockuptibles:
“Linda Wants Chicken has the effect of a great melodious, controlled and undulating hubbub, into which a number of secondary characters rush, all engaged in one way or another towards this absurd quest which never ends. It’s not without bitterness.” (Marilou Duponchel) 4/5
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According to Première:
“Stocked with gags and narrative exploits (the prologue on the death of the father, a lachrymal masterpiece), the poultry chase becomes a life drive for a widow and an orphan who had put themselves in stasis . A form of euphoric and contagious resistance against fate and the established order.” (François Léger) 4/5
According to Le Journal du Dimanche:
“A poetic, insolent, burlesque, melancholic adventure serving a singular graphic universe, which favors the minimalism of silhouettes in bright colors and in perpetual motion.” (Stéphanie Belpêche) 3/5