Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums

7.0IMDb Score
Released:2011-10-26
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Duration:92 min
Country:France, Belgium, Germany
Director:Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Actors:Mathieu Amalric, Golshifteh Farahani, Édouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros, Isabella Rossellini
Production:Celluloid Dreams, The Manipulators, uFilm, Studio 37, Le Pacte, Lorette Film, Film(s), ARTE France Cinéma, ZDF/Arte

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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