I loved Persepolis both as a graphic novel and as a film. Magazine two: setting up the tent. The whole film has a superb photography and every scene is carefully manufactured (i.e.

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Whimsical, sweet and romantic Poulet aux prunes is a thoughtfully composed film, with a lot of heart and a typically French sense of humor. Over the next seven days, his life story plays out before his eyes. (FR) Poulet aux Prunes, en tomates pourries, Flixster Inc. (FR, ES) Poulet aux Prunes, en FilmAffinity.

So I was looking forward to Satrapi's new work. Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. A cowardly heroine , and a nasty , distant "hero"?

One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before. However, with a character named "Iran," I also think that there is a subtle political allegory as well. A famous violin player has an argument with his wife, who then smashes his instrument; without it, he feels that he is unable to continue to live. I saw this at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival where it walked away with the Best Film prize, which it fully deserved.

The film feels like a fairy tale at times, with a sense of whimsy and free-flowing creativity that flies in the face of rather depressing subject matter. For Industry Professionals. Magazine one: the journey. Romance and Art are at the core of this film, it speaks of the soul of an artist and true love.

Which of your favorite '90s TV shows deserves a reboot? For anyone expecting a sweet, redemptive "Chocolat " type experience , look elsewhere.

But inside this nicely wrapped box, I find really little that makes this film worth watching. A bleak and macabre tale about a poor single mother who does everything possible to provide for her son. Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. The beauty of the visuals gives it a kind of magic, but, in the end, this is a very tragic story that will resonate with many.

He searches for a replacement, and finding none that sounds quite the same, he vows to die. Avdal, who ... I feel a big disappointment. Help Center Contributor Zone Polls. The whole cast is French, they speak French and both look and behave like French and, except when it comes to the characters' names, one has to do a big effort to keep in mind that the story is supposed to take place in Teheran.

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Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death. Community.

With set pieces, animation and fabulous actors the directors have created a unique and memorable fable. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death. How do you come home when everything has changed?

Ultimately, by the end of the film you understand why Nasser has chosen to just give up (although I don't condone suicide). melancholic.

Chicken with plums is a sort of disturbing bedtime story about a man who lost the joy of living, carefully wrapped up in some sort of misty reverie, nothing more than that. Eight days later, he does. Synopsis. of a human isle in middle of society ocean. In his visions he will see how they are doing: his daughter smokes herself to death after a tragedy and his son becomes a businessman in America with a bunch of obese children, his daughter in turn is so fat that she does not notice a pregnancy, and so we are suddenly three generations ahead. A live action film from the directors of Persepolis. But inside this nicely wrapped box, I find really little that makes this film worth watching. 54 out of 67 found this helpful A luggage mix-up at the airport brings together the lives of two friends preparing for a badminton tournament with a woman on the run from a gang who killed her sister. $11,301

4 out of 5 found this helpful 8 out of 11 found this helpful But as a grown-up, I am really missing something, that something that I did find in the autobiography of a little girl growing up away from a country which has ceased to exist. So I was looking forward to Satrapi's new work. Unfortunately I found the movie to be well made but so boring that I fell asleep after about one hour. Unable to find a suitable substitute for his invaluable instrument Nasser Ali decides there's only one thing left to do: Die.

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