Rob Munday

Despite the somewhat unwanted imagery its, I suspect slightly mistranslated, title might put in your mind, Leonid Shmelkov’s Very Lonely Cock (originally titled Ohen’ Odinokiy Petuh) is actually a family-friendly film following the abstract adventures of one man’s perplexed poultry.

Essentially the tale of what happens to a farmer’s chicken (or cock according to the title – but lets not get into egg-laying semantics) when its routine is unexpectedly interrupted, Shmelkov’s film really excels in the unanticipated direction it takes. Unleashing a series of bizarre scenarios for his feathered protagonist to face beak-on, Very Lonely Cock is lough-out-loud fun and damn stylish to boot.

Having pleased film festival audiences worldwide, from Brazil to Holland, Shmelkov’s film was released online towards the end of October 2016 and has been slowing collecting views ever since. Unfortunately, there’s not much information available on the film online (googling its title served up some very mixed results), to find out more you can either check out Shmelkov’s website below or try you luck with the search engines…but be careful what you search for!