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Chicken with Plums
MEANRANK
70/100
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is AlloCiné on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 74.
See the most agreed on films →In 1950s Tehran, a renowned violinist, Nasser-Ali Khan, has his beloved instrument broken. He deems it irreplaceable and, in his despair, decides that life without the ability to make beautiful music is not worth living. He takes to his bed, determined to die. As he awaits death, the film unfolds the story of his life through a series of flashbacks, revealing his lost love, his arranged marriage, and the deep regrets that have led him to this final, sorrowful decision.
Details
- Directors
- Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
- Writers
- Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
- Based on
- a work by Marjane Satrapi
- Studio
- Celluloid Dreams, The Manipulators, uFilm, Studio 37
- Released
- 26 October 2011
- Country
- France, Belgium, Germany
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Budget
- $9.7M
- Box office
- $3.3M
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