Persepolis
France 2007, 96 mins
Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Chiara Mastroianni, Iggy Pop
Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Chiara Mastroianni, Iggy Pop
An expressionistic animation stunningly drawn in black and white, PERSEPOLIS is a touching coming-of-age story about an intelligent, outspoken girl growing up during the Iranian revolution.
Paronnaud and Satrapi’s debut feature tells of how fundamentalists seized power, forced the veil on women and imprisoned thousands of dissidents.
The film is based on Satrapi’s series of graphic novels and her childhood experiences in Iran, where she survived traumatic encounters with schoolteachers bent on denying her expression, policemen determined to deny her freedom and Iraqi bombs intended to take her life.
Dedicated to the people of Iran, PERSEPOLIS is a moving, universally appealing story of one woman’s struggle against oppression that deservedly shared the jury prize at Cannes in 2007.
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