Chicken with Plums
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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Cast
35 people
Mathieu Amalric
Nasser-Ali Khan
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Golshifteh Farahani
Irâne
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Édouard Baer
Azraël
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Parvine
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Éric Caravaca
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Chiara Mastroianni
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Known for
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Mathis Bour
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Christian Friedel
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The Zone of Interest
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Enna Balland
Lili
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Didier Flamand
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Serge Avédikian
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Marjane Satrapi Director · Vincent Paronnaud Director Olivier Bernet Composer
Worldwide gross $3.3M · Budget $9.7M · First release September 3, 2011
Box office
Budget
$9,700,000
Worldwide gross
$3,265,941
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Celluloid Dreams
Production
The Manipulators
Production
uFilm
Production
Studio 37
Production
Le Pacte
Production
Lorette Film
Production
Film(s)
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
ZDF/Arte
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
TheManipulators
Production
France · Belgium · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Poulet aux Prunes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Italy · September 3, 2011
Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
France · October 26, 2011
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 9, 2011 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
November 28, 2012 · Theatrical
France
March 7, 2012 · Physical
December 18, 2012 · TV · Canal +
November 18, 2024 · TV · Festival du film d'Arte
Germany
January 5, 2012 · Theatrical
Greece
July 31, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Italy
April 6, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
October 25, 2011 · Digital
Slovakia
January 29, 2013 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 20, 2013 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 31, 2012 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
Switzerland
September 27, 2011 · Digital
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