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Plot

Tehran 1958 – Nasser Ali Khan, the most celebrated violin player, has his beloved instrument broken. Unable to find another to replace it, life without music seems intolerable. He stays in bed and slips further and further into his reveries from his youth to his own children’s futures. Over the course of the week that follows, and as the pieces of this captivating story fall into place, we understand his poignant secret and the profundity of his decision to give up life for music and love.

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Drama

• M
  Mathieu Amalric

  ... Nasser-Ali Khan

  A Private Life, The Phoenician Scheme

• E
  Edouard Baer

  ... Azraël

  Daaaaaalí, Wild Grass

• M
  Maria de Medeiros

  ... Faringuisse

  No One Will Know

• G
  Golshifteh Farahani

  ... Irâne

  Alpha, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

• E
  Eric Caravaca

  ... Abdi

  Novo

• C
  Chiara Mastroianni

  ... Lili, adulte

  Marcello Mio, Other People’s Children

Who is making Chicken with Plums – Crew List

Director

Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi

Screenwriters

Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi

Production – What we know about the Chicken with Plums

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Key Facts

• Based on the graphic novel of the same name.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

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