Persepolis (2007)
Country: FR/US
Technical: bw/col 96m
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: animated
Synopsis:
A young Iranian woman looks back on her childhood before, during and after the Islamic revolution, and the demands on human integrity made by a system restricting basic human freedoms.
Review:
Based on a graphic novel, this autobiographical take on life in Tehran during the 80s and 90s is animated mostly in black and white, conjuring some striking images from the reduced palette. It is above all a woman's perspective on the veil and so on, and it is surprising how outspoken the educated classes were within their own homes, and even on the street. (The parents anxiously remove her to a safer life in Europe at one point.)
Country: FR/US
Technical: bw/col 96m
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: animated
Synopsis:
A young Iranian woman looks back on her childhood before, during and after the Islamic revolution, and the demands on human integrity made by a system restricting basic human freedoms.
Review:
Based on a graphic novel, this autobiographical take on life in Tehran during the 80s and 90s is animated mostly in black and white, conjuring some striking images from the reduced palette. It is above all a woman's perspective on the veil and so on, and it is surprising how outspoken the educated classes were within their own homes, and even on the street. (The parents anxiously remove her to a safer life in Europe at one point.)
Country: FR/US
Technical: bw/col 96m
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: animated
Synopsis:
A young Iranian woman looks back on her childhood before, during and after the Islamic revolution, and the demands on human integrity made by a system restricting basic human freedoms.
Review:
Based on a graphic novel, this autobiographical take on life in Tehran during the 80s and 90s is animated mostly in black and white, conjuring some striking images from the reduced palette. It is above all a woman's perspective on the veil and so on, and it is surprising how outspoken the educated classes were within their own homes, and even on the street. (The parents anxiously remove her to a safer life in Europe at one point.)