Directors: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Chiara Matroianni, Maria de Meideros
French with English subtitles | 1h31
Best Narrative Film Award Abu Dhabi International Film Festival
Set in 1958 Tehran, this film chronicles eight days in the life of a celebrated violin player whose beloved instrument is accidentally broken. Unable to find a violin worthy of replacing it, he sinks into depression, and retreats to his bed to await his own death. Slipping into melan