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Chicken with Plums

Comedy, Drama - 2011
Chicken with Plums
7.0
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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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Details

Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
92 min
Release date:
26 Oct 2011
Country:
FR, BE, DE
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$9,700,000
Revenue:
$3,265,941
Awards:
3 wins & 8 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Resurrects the spirit of Middle Eastern fables, albeit with a French twist.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
18 Oct 2012
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,
4 Oct 2012
rotten:
Chicken is a movie that begins with a crescendo and doesn't sustain its lyricism.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
20 Sep 2012
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,
20 Sep 2012
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,
14 Sep 2012
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