Watch Chicken with Plums

Set in Tehran in the 1950s, Chicken With Plums tells the sad but captivating story of Nasser Ali Khan, a musician who has lost the sense of music in his life. As a young man, he lost the love of his life, Irane, when her wealthy father refused to let her marry a poor musician. Nasser turned his passion to his music and married someone else, but as he discovers near the end of his life, you never really forget your earlier dreams. This 2011 film is based on a French graphic novel written by an Iranian author.