AU Rating: MA15+ | Strong coarse language

NZ release date: 05/06/25
AU release date: TBC

- WINNER: Best Feature and Breakthrough Cymru BAFTA Cymru Awards -

- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival -

Chuck Chuck Baby is a film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory.

Set in present day industrial North Wales, Helen (Louise Brealey, Sherlock) spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother-figure Gwen (Sorcha Cusack, Father Brown).

Helen’s world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne (Annabel Scholey, Split). They were the objects of the other’s unspoken teenage passions twenty years ago. One night, encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings.

As they fall in love and lust, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past, and Helen’s painful memories cause her to flee.

Separated and alone, will both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance to break their barriers and allow love to win?

DIRECTED BY: Janis Pugh

STARRING: Louise Brealey, Annabel Scholey, Sorcha Cusack Celyn Jones, Emily Fairn, Emily Aston, Beverly Rudd, Cat Simmons

SHOWING AT THESE
NZ CINEMAS:

Cinema Kororareka, Russell
Bridgeway, Auckland
Hawkins Theatre Papakura, Auckland
Lido Cinema, Auckland
Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, Auckland
Dome Cinema, Gisborne
Shoreline Cinema, Waikanae
Light House Cinema, Wellington
Penthouse Cinema, Wellington
The Gecko, Motueka
State Cinemas, Nelson
Regent Theatre, Hokitika
Lumiere Cinemas, Christchurch
Apollo, Lincoln
Geraldine Cinema, Geraldine
Movie Max Digital, Timaru
Dorothy Browns, Arrowtown

SHOWING AT THESE
AU CINEMAS:

Star Court Theatre, Lismore