Poulet aux prunes (2011)

Directors:

Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi

Writers:

Vincent Paronnaud (screenplay)
Marjane Satrapi (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 October 2011 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument...

Plot Keywords:

Flashback | Violin | Animal In Title | Suicide | Love

Awards:

1 win & 2 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 (in alphabetical order)
Vincent Paronnaud		screenplay
Marjane Satrapi		screenplay

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

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
Uli Passauer	....	greens person
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
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

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
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)

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Classics (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2012) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• CD Projekt (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Filmware International (2012) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Le Pacte (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Celluloid Dreams (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Officine UBU (2011) (Italy) (all media)
• Seven Films (2011) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

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

Also Known As:

"Chicken with Plums" - International (English title) (imdb display title)
"Huhn mit Pflaumen" - Germany (imdb display title)
"Frango com Ameixas" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Kotopoulo me damaskina" - Greece (imdb display title)
"Lubire persana" - Romania (imdb display title)
"Pollo alle prugne" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Szilvás csirke" - Hungary (imdb display title)

Runtime:

France:93 min

Country:

France | Germany | Belgium

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg Studios, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Celluloid Dreams

Movie Connections:

Features The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Cinema Magic

Back in June, I was almost certain after watching The Tree of Life, it was locked in for my #1 movie of the year. I was contemplating throwing it into my top 10 of all time, then top 20, then it ended up somewhere in my 80s or 90s. I saw it a second time and felt just as strong about it. There was no way anything was touching it from its rightful spot this year. Until I saw this at TIFF in September.

This is pure french cinema, mixed in with a unique and wonderful vision that brings a fairy tale to life. The story is miraculous, the cinematography is beautiful to look at, the acting is superb, the editing and all the techs are sublime. There's really nothing bad about this film, at all. It's pure entertainment. A wonderful translation from word to screen.

After having seen Persepolis, I wasn't fully aware of just how talented Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi (who's become one of my favourite female directors) are. Their ability to suck the viewer in and take them on a brilliant ride of magic and surrealism, while at the same time presenting a very powerful social and political commentary, has been more than affirmed in this film.

Each frame is so carefully crafted that you literally forget you're watching a film. It's an experience like no other, and I cannot wait to be able to see this wonderful gem again.