Marjane Satrapi’s “Poulet aux Prunes” (“Chicken with Plums”) is the French-Iranian filmmaker’s live-action adaptation of her namesake graphic novel. Co-directing once more with Vincent Paronnaud, who also worked on the 2007 film adaptation of “Persepolis,” Satrapi creates a fairly-tale 1950s Tehran as the backdrop for the story of Nasser Ali, a violinist (Satrapi’s uncle, or so she claims) who ... more >
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[2011] VENICE MOSTRA – Chicken with plums
A disappointing second film by the Persepolis directing team
In “Radioactive” Rosamund Pike, direct but pragmatic, imposes herself on both a profession and an era (REVIEW)
Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Yvette Feuer and Mirjam Novak
Directed by Marjane Satrapi
It’s inarguable that the pioneering work of Marie and Pierre Curie changed the world, for both good and ill. “Radioactive,” the new film starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley as the late-nineteenth century Parisians, gives us a brief on the life, and, yes, the deaths, largely due to radiation poisoning, of the couple that is part love story, part scientific procedural and, somewhat strangely, ... more >
Chicken with plums slated for August release
New Marjane Satrapi film boasts top cast
Remember Persepolis, the graphic novel which was adapted into a feature film, both created by French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi and her partner-in-crime Vincent Paronnaud? Satrapi has made a new movie, set for release in August, called Chicken with Plums. 1958, Tehran: Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the renowned musicians of his time, is giving up on ... more >
Iranian cinema center stage at Lido
Two Iranians cineastes are on the Lido this year
References to Iran appear throughout this year’s Biennale. Filmmakers in exile Amir Naderi from New York and Marjane Satrapi from Paris present films in the competition and in sidebars. Italian journalist Monica Maggioni who was already on the Lido last year, with her documentary Ward 54 about returning war veterans, is back with another documentary, Out of Tehran, shown in Controcampo ... more >
TWO PALME CONTENDERS
By ALI NADERZAD - May 28, 2007It's not a mystery: the stories that captivate us the most are often biographical. If the pain inflicted on celluloid is real and was felt by someone, then the story should touch us more. And the two movies that are the top contenders for a Palme D'Or share similarities in this regard. This is a look at the stories-behind-the-movies contending for the Palme D'or. The ... more >
Chiara Mastroianni
On appearing in Persepolis and A Christmas Tale
Chiara Mastroianni’s career is defined by a discerning, though perhaps blasé, taste for auteur cinema; not an unlikely proposition given her roots. Some might argue that she does not have anything to prove. But she picks her projects based on the unobvious and sometimes the daring. Family relations have played a hand, too (and why should it not?) In Chiara Mastroianni’s life, the line between the ... more >
CANNES SELECTION OUT
By ALI NADERZAD - April 19, 2007The 60th Film Festival's selection has just been announced; a well-rounded package of films will be presented before press and public from Emir Kusturica (Promise Me This), Alexandr Sokourov (Alexandra), Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof), Gus Van Sant (Paranoid Park), Julian Schnabel (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) and persian artist Marjane Satrapi, presenting an ... more >