Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
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| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Madang-eul Naon Amtak |
| McCune–Reischauer | Madang-ŭl Naon Amt‘ak |
| Directed by | Oh Sung-yoon |
| Produced by | Shim Jae-myung Lee Eun Son Gwang-ik Kim Seon-gu |
| Written by | Na Hyun Kim Eun-jung |
| Based on |
The Hen into the Wild by Hwang Sun-mi |
| Starring |
Moon So-ri Yoo Seung-ho Choi Min-sik |
| Music by | Lee Ji-soo |
| Cinematography | Lee Jong-hyuk |
| Edited by | Kim Hyeong-ju Kim Jae-bum Kim Sang-bum |
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Production
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Myung Films
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| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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Release date
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$11,094,345 |
Leafie, A Hen into the Wild (Hangul: 마당을 나온 암탉; RR: Madangeul Naon Amtak), also called Daisy, A Hen into the Wild in English-speaking countries, is a 2011 South Korean animated drama film which depicts the freedom, will and instinctive motherly love of a hen as she raises an adopted duckling. The film made box office history by drawing over 2.2 million viewers, the largest audience for a home-grown animated film in South Korea. It also received widespread critical acclaim upon release.
The film is based on a well-respected and extremely popular children's book authored by Hwang Sun-mi. The novel was first released in South Korea in 2000, and sold more than 1 million copies domestically. It has been sold to nine countries including France, Poland, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Italy. The Polish-translated version of the novel was named the "Best Book of the Year 2012" and "Best Book of Spring 2012" (Najlepsza książka na wiosnę 2012) by Granice.pl, a renowned literary organization in Poland. It was translated into English by Chi-young Kim for Penguin Books under the title The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, and the 144-page novel was published on November 26, 2013.
Leafie (잎싹, leaf (잎) + sprout (싹)) lives on a chicken farm where she is in a battery cage with many other egg-laying hens that are in battery cages. However, she can't incubate the eggs even though they are her own. Dreaming of having her own young, then she faints. When the farmer saw her inactive, the farmer threw Leafie info the pile of dead hens, walked outside, and dumped the other dead hens. After being dumped, Leafie goes out of the hole where dead hens are being dumped. After getting out the hole, a one eyed weasel known as One-Eye (애구눈 "Aegunun") threatens Leafie, but Wanderer (a mallard duck, 나그네 "Nagnae") helps her to escape. Leafie makes friends with Wanderer, but the guard duck leaves without a word. Leafie goes back to the Farm to join the group of farm animals who reside outside the egg farm in the yard, but Rooster argues with Leafie and refuses to allow her into his flock, wanting her to return laying eggs.
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