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''Men & Chicken'' ((デンマーク語:Mænd og Høns)) is a 2015 Danish comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It was shown in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toronto Film Festival Adds 60+ Titles )〕 It was one of three films shortlisted by Denmark to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. ==Plot== Two brothers (Gabriel and Elias), who are informed at their father's deathbed that they both are adopted, discover that their biological father is Evelio Thanatos, a geneticist specialized in stem cell research. To find out about their mother and to meet their biological father the brothers go to the Island of Ork where they find out that they have three other half-brothers (Franz, Josef and Gregor). Both Gabriel and Elias are welcomed with a beating but later the brothers get along. Soon Gabriel and Elias find out that their father is dead and the other brothers have kept it as a secret. Gabriel contacts Flemming, the Mayor of the Island, and makes arrangements for a proper burial. Gabriel, a University professor, picks up the way of life and poor social skills of his brothers and tries to alter the lifestyle. After a series of unsuccessful efforts he takes off from the house leaving Elias behind. While Gabriel is gone the four brothers go out to find women and jobs but it ends up in a series of mishaps. Gabriel notices strange animals around the island and remembers other animals he had seen in the house and goes back to investigate. At the house Gabriel opens a secret hatch which he had intended to look at since his arrival. He finds the preserved fetuses of many cross-species of farm animals and sees experimentation done on humans using stem cells and their father's research. The brothers come to the realization from the research notes that each of them are genetically part animal and their mothers were the subjected to these unethical experiments which resulted in their death. In the end the five brothers stay together in the house with children and family, though the fact is revealed they all are sterile. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Men & Chicken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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