Chicken with Plums
Oct 26 2011
•2h 33m
•Comedy, Drama
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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Mathieu Amalric
Nasser-Ali Khan
Édouard Baer
Azraël
Maria de Medeiros
Faringuisse
Golshifteh Farahani
Irâne
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