La Gallina

A child who ceases to be a child a mother who goes away forever and a father who never stops possessing her beyond life itself THE HEN is a desire that persists in time it is a devastating habit that degenerates to the point of turning into death The script rather than being a rigorous adaptation takes the story La Gallina by Mercè Rodoreda as a sensorial reference as a mood which one can hold onto The film is an immersion to the symbolism of the story its an adaptation that although it retains the main actions of the story its especially interested in the high capacity of suggestion of the language Its about creating a poetic universe itself with its own visual language at the border between dreaming and being awake and which could be able to frame a tragedy that often goes beyond reality Manel Raga