When Mom comes home with a newborn baby, a relative brings over a "live chicken" to make soup for Mom during her postpartum confinement. Little Monkey wants to help, so she asks Grandpa to secretly turn the clucking chicken into chicken soup. Should the chicken be killed or not?
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Cast
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Sofia Chen
Little Monkey
Also in
GG Precinct
The Ramune Soda Girl
King Jieh-wen
Grandpa
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The Resurrected
Living
Peggy Tseng
Mama
Known for
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon
Xiao Yong-yu
Papa
Also in
The Sound of Falling
Taiwan Crime Stories
Livion Lee
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Also in
Mad Doctor
I am the Secret in Your Heart
Hill Lin
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One Vote Wonder
Hsieh Chia-hsin Director · Lim Lung-yin Cinematographer Liu Ren-feng Editor
First release October 13, 2024 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 殺雞
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Taiwan
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Original title
殺雞
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Taiwan · October 13, 2024
Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Taiwan
May 4, 2025 · Premiere · Golden Harvest Awards
October 17, 2025 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival
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