Chicken Skin (film)

Chicken Skin (Spanish: Carne de gallina) is a 2001 Spanish black comedy film directed by Javier Maqua [es] from a screenplay by Maqua and Maxi Rodríguez.

Its cast features Karra Elejalde, Anabel Alonso, Nathalie Seseña, Amparo Valle, Txema Blasco, and Maxi Rodríguez.

Set in a mining town in Asturias,[1] the plot follows the family of a retired miner, Luisón Quirós.

[2] The film was produced by Último Pase and Cartel and it had the additional participation of TVE and Vía Digital [es].

[7] Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the "delightfully oddball, bad-taste comedy with a political point" to be "a surprise pleasure".