Chicken with Plums (2011) Poulet aux prunes (original title)

Directors:

Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi

Writers:

Marjane Satrapi (written by) &
Vincent Paronnaud (written by) ...
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Release Date:

26 October 2011 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Violin | Flashback | Animal In Title | Socrates | Bus

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Mathieu Amalric	...	Nasser-Ali Khan
Edouard Baer	...	Azraël
Maria de Medeiros	...	Faringuisse
Golshifteh Farahani	...	Irâne
Eric Caravaca	...	Abdi
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Lili, adulte
Mathis Bour	...	Cyrus
Enna Balland	...	Lili
Didier Flamand	...	Le maître de musique
Serge Avedikian	...	Le père d'Irâne
Rona Hartner	...	Soudabeh
Jamel Debbouze	...	Houshang / Le mendiant
Isabella Rossellini	...	Parvine
Frédéric Saurel	...	Mirza (as Fred Saurel)
Christian Friedel	...	Cyrus, 22 ans
Julia Goldstern	...	Nancy
Julia Camps y Salat	...	Faringuisse enfant (as Julia Camps Y Salat)
Jaouen Gouevic	...	Le petit-fils d'Irâne
Timothé Riquet	...	Nasser-Ali enfant
Angus Boulaire	...	Abdi enfant
François Legrand	...	Le maître d'école
Laura Baade	...	La fille de Cyrus
Dustin Graf	...	Fils de Cyrus 1
Nomi Kalsar	...	Fils Cyrus 2
Jean-Michel Dagory	...	Socrate
Christian Sengewald	...	Un élève de Socrate
Adolfo Assor	...	Homme bazar Rasht
Ilse Strambowski	...	Vieille femme bus
Tim Williams	...	Le docteur américain
Dietmar Rüttiger	...	Le joueur de cartes
Louis-Marie Audubert	...	Anonyme cimetière 1
Bruno Paviot	...	Anonyme cimetière 2
Philippe Beglia	...	Anonyme cimetière 3
Luc Gentil	...	Médecin de famille
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lon Chaney	...	Erik, The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi

Writing credits
Marjane Satrapi		(written by) &
Vincent Paronnaud		(written by)
Marjane Satrapi		(comic book)

Produced by
Rémi Burah	....	co-producer
Jeremy Burdek	....	executive producer
François-Xavier Decraene	....	associate producer
François-Xavier Decraene	....	executive producer
Christoph Fisser	....	co-producer
Nadia Khamlichi	....	executive producer
Henning Molfenter	....	co-producer
Hengameh Panahi	....	producer
Adrian Politowski	....	co-producer
Jasmin Torbati	....	line producer
Gilles Waterkeyn	....	co-producer
Charlie Woebcken	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Olivier Bernet		(original music by)

Cinematography by
Christophe Beaucarne

Film Editing by
Stéphane Roche

Casting by
Anja Dihrberg

Production Design by
Udo Kramer

Set Decoration by
Bernhard Henrich

Costume Design by
Madeline Fontaine

Makeup Department
Stéphane Malheu	....	hairdresser
Nathalie Tissier	....	makeup supervisor
Anna Von Gwinner	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Wassili Zygouris	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julien Decoin	....	second assistant director
Tonja Schürmann	....	second second assistant director
Jérôme Zajdermann	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dorit Agater	....	prop builder
Reiner Behrends	....	painter
Martin Berg	....	model maker
Lars Dicht	....	stand-by carpenter
Christian Ehlert	....	lead set dresser
Michael Fissneider	....	set designer
Alex Friedrich	....	model maker
Patrick Herzberg	....	set designer
Andreas Huschke	....	property master: indoor
Jennie Konrad	....	set decoration assistant
Carolin Langenbahn	....	art department coordinator
Patrick Lojek	....	supervisor carpenter
Uli Passauer	....	greens person
Marco Pressler	....	construction manager
Melanie Reichert	....	construction secretary
Tabea Schweiger	....	assistant property master: indoor
Alexis Teller	....	property master: outdoor
Ilona Vovchyk	....	props

Sound Department
Emmanuel de Boissieu	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean-Stephane Garbe	....	sound recordist
Paul Heymans	....	dialogue editor
Gilles Laurent	....	sound recordist
Vincent Nouaille	....	boom operator
Yves Renard	....	sound effects editor
Bruno Schweisguth	....	boom operator: post-synchronisation
Olivier Thys	....	foley artist
Olivier Touche	....	sound editor: second unit
David Vranken	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Uwe Lehmann	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Antoine Marbach	....	visual effects producer
Geoffrey Reynaud	....	visual effects artist
Damien Stumpf	....	visual effects supervisor
Ilona Vovchyk	....	matte painting

Camera and Electrical Department
Reiner Bajo	....	still photographer
Martin Bartels	....	video operator
Stefan Diecks	....	lighting technician
Thomas Hübener	....	technocrane operator
Heiko Klimenko-hamann	....	third key grip (as Heiko Klimenko)
Beda Mulzer	....	lighting technician
Michael Müller	....	key grip
Luc Pallet	....	first assistant camera
Florian Schlegel	....	lighting technician
Bjoern Susen	....	chief lighting technician
Elmar Suska	....	first key grip
Jörg Widmer	....	steadicam operator

Casting Department
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Isabell Logen	....	principal costumer
Theresa Anna Luther	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Peter Bernaers	....	colorist
Mirko Scheel	....	assistant editor
Mathilde Van de Moortel	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Joris Bartsch Buhle	....	conductor
Olivier Bernet	....	score producer
Tobias Lehmann	....	music recording engineer
Elise Luguern	....	music supervisor
Tom Russbueldt	....	pro tools operator
Phillip Schulz	....	music recording engineer
Phillip Schulz	....	music scoring mixer
Roman Vinuesa	....	orchestrator
Roman Vinuesa	....	score producer

Transportation Department
Timo Dobbert	....	transportation coordinator
Tom Kirsten	....	production driver
Thomas Siegert	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Laure Blaess	....	production accountant
Milena Bomalick	....	assistant production coordinator
Benedikt Bothe	....	set manager
Stéphanie Bréard	....	caretaker: children
Katharina Gapski	....	production coordinator
Anne Gerles	....	production coordinator
Pierre Philippe Hendrickx	....	legal advisor: Belgium
Roy Luchterrand	....	assistant set manager
Koen Maenhout	....	scanning technician: Filmmore
Bianca Makarewicz	....	publicist
Martin Metz	....	production executive
Karsten Piel	....	production accountant: Germany
Lena Schmigalla	....	first assistant accountant
Iwona Sellers	....	production executive
Bastien Sirodot	....	production executive
Eike Wolf	....	publicist

Thanks
Kathleen Kennedy	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Celluloid Dreams (co-production)
• Manipulators, The (co-production)
• uFilm (co-production)
• Studio 37 (co-production)
• Le Pacte (co-production)
• Lorette Production (co-production) (as Lorette Productions)
• Film(s) (co-production)
• arte France Cinéma (co-production)
• ZDF/Arte (co-production)
• Cinémage 5 (in association with)
• uFund (in association with)
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (in association with) (as MBB)
• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (in association with) (as DFFF)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (with the support of)

Distributors

• Celluloid Dreams (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2012) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• CD Projekt (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Filmware International (2012) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Le Pacte (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Midas Filmes (2012) (Portugal) (all media)
• Officine UBU (2011) (Italy) (all media)
• Seven Films (2011) (Greece) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD)
• Twin Pics (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Atelier VFX  post-production (visual effects)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Filmmore  post-production facilities (film scanning)
• Lufthansa City Center Tour Atlantica Reisen & Touristik  travel agency
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• uFund  funding

Also Known As:

"Poulet aux prunes" - France (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some drug content, violent images, sensuality and smoking

Runtime:

France:93 min

Country:

France | Germany | Belgium

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:PG-13 | Japan:PG12 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:9 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg Studios, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Celluloid Dreams

Movie Connections:

Features The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

a quirky, interesting film

This is a quirky, interesting film. I found parts of it more interesting than others, and some really quite beautiful. The sense of humor takes some time to develop, but when it does, it's quite winning. Those who are expecting another *Persepolis* will be disappointed; it is really very different, quirkier, and more uneven. But it definitely rewards attentive viewing.

One of the things I found interesting is that, unlike Persepolis, this movie really considers life from the perspective of a middle-aged man. Women here are either very objectified objects of sexual desire, or harpies. There are no intelligent women, such as one finds in *Persepolis.* That doesn't make the movie good or bad for me, but it was an interesting difference.