Persepolis (France/USA)

Persepolis (France/USA) | ( Click here to watch ) | (96 min; 2007; English)
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

Multiple award winner including Jury Prize and Palm Dog, Cannes Film Festival 2007; César for Best Adapted Screenplay & Best First Film, César Awards, France 2008; Sutherland Trophy, British Film Institute Awards 2007; Audience Award & MovieZone Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival 2008

Animated biographical drama film based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical novel of the same name. Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi has lead a fascinating life, which she tells in an original fashion in Persepolis. The film shows the young Marjane growing up in a communist family in Tehran, becoming politicised and rebelling at college in Austria. The predominantly black-and-white animation is used to amusing effect as Satrapi gently pokes fun at her youthful exuberance and innocence, making serious political points easy to swallow.