Persepolis
November 9th, 2007
This is a French made hand-drawn animated movie set in the late 70s to 90s in Iran and Europe.
The story follows a young girl’s (Marjane) life in the affleunt north of Tehran and her often sad journey through life in the midst of the Iranian [Islamic] revolution and her struggles when she’s sent to Europe.
Although the whole story is about fighting for your right to live a happy life, there are so many moments of pure joy and laughter that you come out of the cinema feeling up beat and somehow content.
To be honest lots of scenes set in Tehran in the early eighties reminded me of my own brief time in that smokey city. There are moments that I thought “this is exactly how it was!”, “this is what I saw, was told, experienced!.
A truly magical movie adapted from a graphics novel based on a true story of Marjane Satrapi.
I believe the English version will not be released until December but Iggy Pop and Sean Penn are going to be doing voice-overs!
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