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Chicken with Plums
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Title: Chicken with Plums

Release Date: 26 Oct 2011

Runtime: 1h 33m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Celluloid Dreams, TheManipulators

Production Companies: Celluloid Dreams, TheManipulators

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.053 (160 votes)

Cast

  • Nasser-Ali Khan: Mathieu Amalric
  • Azraël: Édouard Baer
  • Faringuisse: Maria de Medeiros
  • Irâne: Golshifteh Farahani
  • Abdi: Éric Caravaca
  • Lili, adulte: Chiara Mastroianni
  • Cyrus: Mathis Bour
  • Lili: Enna Balland
  • Le maître de musique: Didier Flamand
  • Le père d'Irâne: Serge Avédikian
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