2007
Written by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi)
Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Starring Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian
Persepolis is an animated film that's based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. It follows Marjane's life growing up in Tehran during the Iranian revolution. The movie starts when Marjane is a very young girl in the late 70's, and shows us her life for many years, as she spends her teens in Vienna (after her parents send her away from Iran to keep her safe), as she returns to Iran as a young woman, and as she finally finds pride in her heritage.
The movie was really engrossing - Marjane is a self-deprecating narrator, who is very likable despite being very flawed. I learned a lot about the horrors that Iranian citizens had to endure after their country was taken over by Islamic fundamentalists. And the animation was unique and beautiful. Here is the trailer so that you can get a sense of the look of the film.
(By the way, if you don't like subtitles, the DVD has an English-language audio track, with Sean Penn and Iggy Pop doing two of the voices. We watched in the original French, though).
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I'd not heard of this, but it looks good! I'm adding it to my to see list.
1I've had this sitting on top of my dvd player ready to play for a few weeks. I'm really excited to watch it & even more excited after reading your review!
2I am so glad you reminded me about this film. It was on my must-see list earlier in the yeat and I forgot about it!
3I saw this in theaters earlier this year. The theater I saw it in was this tiny little art house and half the subtitles were cut off so it was kind of a guessing game. But I loved it- it was so beautiful and informative. The English track with Sean Penn and Iggy Pop sounds really interesting- might be worth renting just to check that out!
4Kevin Smith's blog turned me onto this film, but I am still waiting to see it.
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5"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." (Mark Twain)
I never heard of this one and it looks like right up our alley. We love foreign films. I'll look it up, thanks.
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6Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
My friend got a pass to see this movie, but the nearest theatre was a state away! I'm glad you liked it. I haven't read a review about it yet, but it sounded really good. I think it's #20 in my Netflix queue...
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