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Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums

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Chicken with Plums

2011

1h 32m

7.0(190 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

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Production Companies

Celluloid Dreams

uFilm

Studio 37

Le Pacte

ARTE France Cinéma

ZDF/Arte

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric

Nasser-Ali Khan

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Irâne

Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer

Azraël

Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

Faringuisse

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Parvine

Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca

Abdi

Chiara Mastroianni

Chiara Mastroianni

Lili, adulte

Mathis Bour

Cyrus

Christian Friedel

Christian Friedel

Cyrus, 22 ans

Enna Balland

Lili

Creative team

Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi
Written by: Marjane Satrapi
Vincent Paronnaud
Produced by: Hengameh Panahi

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