Raymonde, an elderly hen, has always lived a life of chastity and solitude. Every day, she tends to her remote farm, but a lifetime of loneliness has begun to weigh on her, and she starts asking herself questions about the meaning of things, about God, about her tardy virginity. Now, Raymonde feels an immense desire to live rising within her, and the hounddog postman is directly in her sights.

In this experimental animated short, director Sarah van den Boom creates a character imbued with spirit and energy, who doesn’t let her age or her condition stop her from taking things into her own hands and start living life how she really wants to. With a little bit of determination and a whole lot of hope, Raymonde sets out to show us how to enjoy the world around us to its fullest.

This film screens as part of SHORTS 3