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Chicken with Plums
Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums

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ComedyDrama

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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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Budget

$12000000

Revenue

$3265941

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

7.039/10

Release Date

26 October 2011

Country

Belgium

Cast

Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric

Nasser-Ali Khan

Édouard Baer

Édouard Baer

Azraël

Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

Faringuisse

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Irâne

Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca

Abdi

Chiara Mastroianni

Chiara Mastroianni

Lili, adulte

Mathis Bour

Mathis Bour

Cyrus

Enna Balland

Enna Balland

Lili

Didier Flamand

Didier Flamand

Le maître de musique

Serge Avédikian

Serge Avédikian

Le père d'Irâne

Rona Hartner

Rona Hartner

Soudabeh

Jamel Debbouze

Jamel Debbouze

Houshang / Le mendiant

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Parvine

Frédéric Saurel

Frédéric Saurel

Mirza

Christian Friedel

Christian Friedel

Cyrus, 22 ans

Julia Goldstern

Julia Goldstern

Nancy

Julia Camps y Salat

Julia Camps y Salat

Faringuisse enfant

Jaouen Gouevic

Jaouen Gouevic

Le petit-fils d'Irâne

Timothé Riquet

Timothé Riquet

Nasser-Ali enfant

Angus Boulaire

Angus Boulaire

Abdi enfant

François Legrand

François Legrand

Le maître d'école

Laura Baade

Laura Baade

La fille de Cyrus

Dustin Graf

Dustin Graf

Fils de Cyrus 1

Nomi Kalsar

Nomi Kalsar

Fils de Cyrus 2

Jean-Michel Dagory

Jean-Michel Dagory

Socrate

Christian Sengewald

Christian Sengewald

Un élève de Socrate

Adolfo Assor

Adolfo Assor

Homme bazar Rasht

Ilse Strambowski

Ilse Strambowski

Vieille femme bus

Tim Williams

Tim Williams

Le docteur américain

Dietmar Rüttiger

Dietmar Rüttiger

Le joueur de cartes

Louis-Marie Audubert

Louis-Marie Audubert

Anonyme cimetière 1

Bruno Paviot

Bruno Paviot

Anonyme cimetière 2

Philippe Beglia

Philippe Beglia

Anonyme cimetière 3

Luc Gentil

Luc Gentil

Médecin de famille

Amit Jacobi

Amit Jacobi

Puppeteer 1

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