Ben Meyers’ rating:
4.4|5.0 Stars
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Chicken With Plums—has imagination, heart. It's just a wonderful story, a French film written by an Iranian author who writes with perfect universal appeal. The
acting is superb. The story plays out well. It’s one of the 2012 year’s better
4-star films.
Storyline
Violinist Nasser Ali
Khan (Mathieu Amalric) loses his desire to play violin and decides to go to bed
to die. The process takes exactly 8 days. In those days he reviews the future
of his children, why he married his wife, the power of prayer, the angel of
death, a long-lost love, and how he became a wonderful violinist.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Directors
Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi for their directing efforts. Thank you to
Executive Producers Jeremy Burdek and Nadia Khamlichi for making the film
possible. Additional characters/cast include: Azraël (Edouard Baer),
Faringuisse (Maria de Medeiros), Irâne (Golshifteh Farahani), Abdi (Éric
Caravaca), Lili as an adult (Chiara Mastroianni), Cyrus (Mathis Bour), Lili
(Enna Balland), Le maitre de musique (Didier Flamand), Irâne’s Father (Serge
Avedikian), Soudabeh (Rona Hartner), and Houshang/Le Mendiant (Jamel Debbouze).
Buy a ticket? Yes?
No? Maybe?
Yes. It’s a piece of allegorical art that relies on its own
uniquely rhythmic poetry.
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