在这部梅子鸡之味剧情/喜剧片中,因为妻子摔破了自己心爱的小提琴，音乐家纳瑟·阿里（马修·阿马立克 Mathieu Amalric饰）决定自杀，绝食八天后他终于死去。在这八天里，躺在床上的他回顾了自己的一生。他想起了自己与弟弟的小时候，想起了自己的女儿和儿子，想起了自己失败的婚姻，想起了母亲临死前的场景。当然，他还想起了自己一生的挚爱——伊兰娜（格什菲·法拉哈尼 Golshifteh Farahani 饰）。
年轻时的他，音乐造诣并不高，被老师评价为只有技巧缺乏感情。有一次，他在一家钟表店邂逅了美丽的伊兰娜。从此他的命运改变了方向，他与伊兰娜经历了一场难忘的恋爱。然而，命运弄人，他与伊兰娜最终还是分开了……
《梅子鸡之味》改编自导演 玛嘉·莎塔琵的绘本作品。主人公原型是导演的伯父，是伊朗一位著名的音乐家。
Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument. He searches for a replacement, and finding none that sounds quite the same, he vows to die. Eight days later, he does. This is the story of his last week of life, where we see flashbacks and flash forwards of his previous life and his children's futures. We also see appearances of a nude Sophia Loren as well as the angel of death, Azarel. As we see his life, we realize exactly why he chose to end it and the profundity of this choice.
如果你也搞艺术，你就知道此片多真实。抓住那声叹息。。深情即是一桩悲剧，非得以死来句读。。伤之亦哂之。小提琴与梅子鸡。艺术家是个害人精，女文青的自杀方式---一个俗人的《梅子鸡之味》影评。为极致的快乐，为自杀的勇气。艺术家形而上的孤独。“这份爱是珍贵的，因为它是永恒的”。漫画式死亡。
