Persepolis (2007)

French Movie.

NEW YORK PREMIERE AT NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2007
IN THEATRES DECEMBER 25, 2007 (Limited)

PERSEPOLIS presents a deeply personal coming-of-age tale about finding one's place in the world. Based on her bestselling graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi teamed up with underground comic book artist Vincent Paronnaud to co-direct this animated big screen adaptation. The result is an electrifying, heartfelt, and original portrait of a spunky girl who surmounts countless obstacles to grow into a wise young adult. Marjane (voiced by Chiara Mastroianni) is an innocent nine-year-old living in Iran, surrounded by a l...
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oving but incredibly protective mother (Catherine Deneuve) and father (Simon Abkarian). She finds comfort in the carefree spirit of her loving grandmother (Danielle Darrieux), as well as music by artists as diverse as ABBA and Iron Maiden. When Marjane's uncle is killed in the Iran/Iraq war, her parents send her to school in Austria, where she can study in safety. The only trouble is that her Middle Eastern appearance frightens people, giving her a harsh lesson in racial prejudice. Somehow, Marjane's fiery spirit doesn't succumb to any of the negativity. Eventually, she returns home to Iran to be closer with her family. But even though she settles into married life, the tyrannical pressures of Iranian society force her to abandon her country once again, sending her to France on another journey. Satrapi and Paronnaud retain the stark, spare animated style of the graphic novels that inspired the film. This is a wise decision: the less specific they get in their visual presentation, the more universal their story becomes. PERSEPOLIS gives viewers several movies in one. It is equal parts coming-of-age story, history lesson, and an animated adventure tale.
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Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi collaborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi's bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique attitude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the Islamic revolution. The English-language version features the voice talents of Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, and Iggy Pop, with Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni reprising their roles from the original French-language version.

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Het verhaal over Marjane die op 9-jarige leeftijd in Iran wordt geconfronteerd met de Islamitische Revolutie. De fundamentalisten dwingen de vrouwen tot het dragen van sluiers en zetten velen gevangen. Ondanks deze sociale terreur weet Marjane toch punk, Iron Maiden en Abba te ontdekken en later wordt ze door haar ouders naar Oostenrijk gestuurd om daar veilig naar school te gaan. Hoewel ze er na verloop van tijd geaccepteerd wordt, besluit ze toch terug te gaan naar het tyrannieke bewind van Iran, omdat het simpelweg als haar thuis voelt, en besluit daar haar mening te blijven ventileren over wat ze ziet.

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