Chicken with Plums

Daniel Roque

A tale with a lesson to be learned. Marjane Satrapi did it again: although this movie lacks some of the emotion and truth of Persepolis, the beautiful cinematography and the animated snippets bring together an enjoyable follow up to the directors duo.

Matthew_Lucas

The directors of the animated PERSEPOLIS return with their first live action effort about a renowned violinist who decides that it is time to die after his beloved violin is broken, and the joy of playing fades away. Beautifully filmed, reminiscent of AMELIE, but doesn't really connect until the final moments when everything finally comes together.

PolarisDiB

A confectionary mixture of romantic styles from Satrapi's nostalgia for pre-Revolution Iran to her fondness of classic golden age cinema and fairy tale Western romance. Luckily, all of this fudge and cake and strawberries is short enough and with just enough spice so that you can eat it without getting stomach aches, but those who don't handle cinematic sugar very well may do better to stay away. --PolarisDiB

Spoiler

Para esta história, a de um virtuoso através do seu instrumento, CHICKEN WITH PLUMS é, portanto, um hino ao amor, a juventude, ao descanso eterno, a música, as mulheres, ao cinema... Em suma, um hino à vida, com suas alegrias e tristezas. Simplesmente lindo.

Jorge Mourinha

Life is a sigh, and you have to grab that sigh. They take their time, but Marjane and Vincent grab it.

Carlos Figueiredo

A beautifully shot fable about art, life and death. That distant and seemingly intangible late 50's Tehran is recreated as a quasi-fantastical mesh of memory and dream, balancing feebly in the strings of Nasser Ali's reluctant violin. This sweet and sour journey is truly one of the best films I've seen this year.

linuskendall

Pretty photography, beautiful animation and a generally entertaining story line. A feel good film that seem to hark to Amelie Poulain, but which doesn't quite end up being as captivating.

VIOLHAINE LARSEN

I didn't think the pieces of the puzzle were brought with enough impact to the viewer... The directors missed some crucial emotional points, in my opinion.