Leafie, A Hen into the Wild



An animated film from South Korea, released in 2011. It tells the story of a hen Leafie, who manages to escape her cage, where she spent all her life, and make it into the wild. Through a series of events, she comes across a duck egg, whose mother had been killed by the weasel. Having never sat on any of her eggs back on the farm, she does so eagerly, to (surprisingly) no protest from the egg's father. She promises the father duck, whom Leafie names Wanderer, to take the duckling to the everglade when he hatches. After the duckling does hatch, he and Leafie embark on their their journey there, and the story proper begins.

One of the best-looking and highest grossing animated films from S. Korea, Leafie is also quite a Tear Jerker. Be warned.

This movie provides examples of:

 * Bad Export for You: The German DVD release cuts out a total of 5 minutes, including THE FINAL SCENE. That robs the film off about 50% of its impact.
 * Birth-Death Juxtaposition: Greenie hatches shortly after
 * Happily Adopted: Greenie.
 * Honorary Uncle: Mayor to Greenie. Greenie even calls him "uncle" at one point.
 * Humans Are Bastards: The owner of the chicken farm, who is the only human shown in the film, tries to cut off Greenie's wings.
 * Interspecies Adoption
 * Interspecies Romance: Leafie's affection for Wanderer.
 * Mama Hen: Leafie.
 * The Nicknamer: Leafie.
 * No Indoor Voice: Leafie has a habit of shouting. She seems to pass it onto Greenie.
 * Not So Different:
 * Predators Are Mean: The weasel.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: While a good portion of the ensemble can be defined by this trope, baby Greenie steals it all, as he pretty much fits this to a tee.
 * Not So Different:
 * Predators Are Mean: The weasel.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: While a good portion of the ensemble can be defined by this trope, baby Greenie steals it all, as he pretty much fits this to a tee.