About Chicken with Plums
- Rating:
-
PG13
PG-13
- Year Released:
- 2012
- Genres:
- Drama
- Metadata:
- Directed by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
From the directors of Persepolis comes another
graphic novel adaptation, set in Teheran in 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 joyous, taking him
back to his youth and even to a conversation with
Azraël, the Angel of Death, who reveals the future
of his children. As pieces of the puzzle gradually
fit together, the poignant secret of his life comes
to light: a wonderful story of love which inspired
his genius and his music... (2K DCP Presentation)
French language with English subtitles.
