2011 · drama · fantasy · romance
Chicken with Plums
Directed by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud1h 32m2011
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.
Our read: Chicken with Plums (2011) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · fantasy · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- inventive
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