The Hen

The Hen

1991 · 71 min · ★ 7.5 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Alla, the wife of the chief administrator, came to the young artist Nona, nicknamed "The Hen," to "catch" her husband, but in bed with her she finds the chief director, who is going to marry her. Soon her best friend Diana and everyone else will find out about this. And now it’s clear why she, an aspiring actress, received the best roles! Both men, in love with the pretty Nonochka, are no longer in their first or second youth, and they fell seriously in love...

Directed by Valentin Khovenko · Written by Nikolay Kolyada

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Natalya Gundareva Alla Ivanovna Kostrova
Svetlana Kryuchkova Diana
Mikhail Danilov Fedor Ilyich Galaktionov
Aleksandr Pashutin Vasiliy Vsevolodovich Kostrov
Maryana Polteva Nonna Kuroslepova
Anatoly Vedyonkin Inspector
Valeriy Nosik Petrovich
Alexander Ilin Drunkard

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The Hen

Forrest Gump

A close match in mood and era.

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