PERSEPOLIS
| 2007 – 95′ – Animation, Drama.
Written by: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud.
Directed by: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud.
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 2007 (Jury’s Prize winner), Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film festival. Winner two César Awards 2008: Best Adapted Screenplay and Best First Feature. Nominated for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globes 2008. Nominated for Best Animated Feature, Academy Awards 2008.
In English. Rated PG-13.
A Sony Pictures Classics release. |
Based on Satrapi’s graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. The film traces Satrapi’s growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran. In the background are the growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70s and 80s, with members of her liberal-leaning family detained and then executed, and the background of the disastrous Iran/Iraq war.
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