Cooking Up ‘Chicken With Plums’

By MEKADO MURPHY The period drama “Chicken With Plums” tells the story of Nasser-Ali Khan (Mathieu Amalric), an Iranian musician who, after his prized violin is damaged, loses the will to live. He takes to his bed and allows death to come for him. As he

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Chicken With Plums

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 takes to his bed to await death. Each day until his demise, we are given in

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