SummaryTeheran, 1958. 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. As he hopes for its arrival, he plunges into deep reveries, with dreams as melancholic as they are joyou... Read More
Directed By:Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Written By:Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Chicken with Plums
Metascore
Generally Favorable
69
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
21% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Aug 22, 2012
100
A grand, romantic life story about love, loss, regret and the sadness that can be evoked by a violin - not only through music, but through the instrument itself. It is all melancholy and loss, and delightfully comedic, with enough but not too much magic realism. The story as it stands could be the scenario for an opera.
Aug 16, 2012
83
While visually scrumptious, the movie struggles to reach a greater profundity that it never quite obtains, but its childlike emulation of a grand tragedy is indelibly precious.
Aug 4, 2012
75
A fable about the damage done when a young couple is forced to part, Chicken with Plums is deeply melancholic, yet so full of humor and humanity that it pulses with life even while tracing the trajectory of a slow suicide.
Sep 20, 2012
67
Fluctuating between the extraordinary and the dull, with sections of narrative explication and tangents, Chicken With Plums can be as frustrating as it is ambitious. It's more like Chicken With Plums – and the Kitchen Sink.
Aug 14, 2012
60
There's some magic in the grab-bag method, but with all the furious wand-waving, the story itself never gets to cast much of a spell.
User score
Generally Favorable
79% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
14% Mixed
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1 Rating
1 Rating
Aug 12, 2014
7
A slight but lovely tale animated by touches of magical realism and the expressions on Mathieu Amalric's always interesting face. One might wish that he had more drama to work with -- and more interactions with actors of comparable magnetism. (See: the terrific "Jimmy P.," with Amalric and Benicio Del Toro.) But I enjoyed the touches of exotic whimsy amid the familiar themes of love and loss.
Feb 13, 2016
2
After the filmaker's first US release, I was hoping for a lot more than this maudlin soap opera. It is a beautiful film about an ugly, ugly man. Selfish, mean, angry, and unbearble; he is the definition of Artist as a Empty Shell. His sole saving grace is the actor who portrays him. What a waste.
Production Company:
- Celluloid Dreams
- The Manipulators
- uFilm
- Studio 37
- Le Pacte
- Lorette Production
- Film(s)
- Arte France Cinéma
- ZDF/Arte
- Cinémage 5
- uFund
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF)
- Canal+
- CinéCinéma
- Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
- Umedia
Release Date:Aug 17, 2012
Duration:1 h 33 m
Rating:PG-13
Awards
CinEuphoria Awards
• 4 Nominations
Dublin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
São Paulo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
