"You don't choose your own family"

2015

1h 44m

6.5(256 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Written by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Produced by: Kim Magnusson
Tivi Magnusson

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