Fresh
Resurrects the spirit of Middle Eastern fables, albeit with a French twist.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chicken with Plums
2011 · 1h 32m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Marjane Satrapi
,
Vincent Paronnaud
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.
Director and cast
- Marjane Satrapi Director
- Vincent Paronnaud Director
- Mathieu Amalric as Nasser Ali
- Golshifteh Farahani as Irâne
- Édouard Baer as Azraël
- Maria de Medeiros as Faringuisse
- Chiara Mastroianni as Lili Adulte
- Isabella Rossellini as Parvine
- Éric Caravaca as Abdi
- Mathis Bour as Cyrus
- Didier Flamand Cast
- Serge Avédikian Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This dreamy, visually inventive Iranian drama functions on so many levels of reality and obsession that it almost ceases to entertain.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten
Chicken is a movie that begins with a crescendo and doesn't sustain its lyricism.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
"Predictability" is not in Satrapi and Paronnaud's vocabulary, and that is no small thing in this or any other movie era. But the whole those parts form never exceeds their sum.
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Fresh
"Chicken With Plums" is a whimsical, sad, diverting and altogether delightful exploration of how cinema can benefit, not only from glancing back at its own past, but by staying open to parallel forms of presentation and play.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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