Chuck Chuck Baby (2024)
A film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory.
Helen's mundane life at the chicken factory takes an unexpected turn with Joanne's return. They were each other's secret teenage passion. As they fall in love, Helen's zest for life returns but Joanne faces something darker from her past.
- Date of release
- 2024-07-19
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Music
- Director
- Janis Pugh
Casting
- Louise Brealey — Helen
- Annabel Scholey — Joanne
- Sorcha Cusack — Gwen
- Celyn Jones — Gary
- Emily Fairn — Amy
- Emily Aston — Lynn
- Edyta Budnik — Katrina
- Beverly Rudd — Paula
- Cat Simmons — Clare
- Sandie Lavelle — Supervisor
- Gemma Lawman — Factory Worker (uncredited)
- Anthony Gray Hawley — Mourner (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Chuck Chuck Baby is a 2023 British musical romance film, written and directed by Janis Pugh, winning two BAFTA Cymru awards in 2024 for Best feature and Breakthrough.
Production
The film was written and directed by Janis Pugh in her feature-length debut. The film had funding from BBC Film, as well as the BFI and Ffilm Cymru Wales, receiving National Lottery funding. It was developed by Ffilm Cymru Wales, the BFI and Artemisia Films. For Artemisia, Anne Beresford and Andrew Gillman were producers on the project. Adam Partridge of Delta Pictures and Peggy Cafferty of Play House Studios were also producers.
Filming took place in Wales. Principal photography started in March 2022. Filming locations included the Flint and Mostyn areas.
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