RELEASE DATE
10-5-2012

RUN TIME
91 min

MPAA RATING
(PG-13), for some drug content, violent images, sensuality and smoking

GENRE
Drama

STARRING
Isabella Rossellini, Golshifteh Farahani, Maria de Medeiros, Mathieu Amalric, Jamel Debbouze, Chiara Mastroianni, Edouard Baer, Eric Caravaca, Frédéric Saurel, Dustin Graf

DIRECTOR(S)
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

PRODUCER(S)
Hengameh Panahi

WRITER(S)
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

DISTRIBUTOR
Sony Pictures Classics

SYNOPSIS

Teheran, 1958. 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 decides to confine himself to bed to await death. As he hopes for its arrival, he plunges into deep reveries, with dreams as melancholic as they are joyous, taking him back to his youth and even to a conversation with Azraël, the Angel of Death, who reveals the future of his children... As pieces of the puzzle gradually fit together, the poignant secret of his life comes to light: a wonderful story of love which inspired his genius and his music...