Chicken with Plums
Chicken with Plums is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. It is based on Satrapi's graphic novel of the same name. The film premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2011. It was released in France on 26 October through Le Pacte.
Plot
After Faranguisse (Maria de Medeiros) becomes enraged at her musician husband Nasser-Ali (Mathieu Amalric) for failing to take care of his children, she takes his violin and smashes it. Nasser-Ali then goes on a quest to find a new violin, but after purchasing a Stradivarius and attempting to play it, he realizes that he has lost his will to play and therefore to live. After contemplating various methods of suicide he finally decides to take to his bed and simply die there.
More details
| author | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Iran |
| director | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud |
| editor | Stéphane Roche |
| genre | drama live-action |
| keywords | addict angel of death buy falling in love follow gamble heart attack music teacher pray suffer teach turn walk |
| producer | Hengameh Panahi |
| productionCompany | Celluloïd Dreams, TheManipulators |
| publisher | Le Pacte |
| recordedAt | Germany |
| theme | action |