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Persepolis
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    Marjane Satrapi grew up wearing sneakers and beating up boys. Then all of a sudden, her world changed. Girls and boys had to use different doors to enter the school; she had to cover herself with a long dark robe; adults around her began disappearing; morality police patrol the streets, and Iraqi bombs fall from the sky.

    Rated: [ M ] MODERATE THEMES AND COARSE LANGUAGE
    Cinema release: 21 Aug 2008
    Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
    Running time: 92 mins
    Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve
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    What we say
    Brilliantly honest coming-of-age story

    Nellie Connors, MovieFix  
    4 star rating
    Funny, tragic, sweet and haunting - "Persepolis" is an animated feature that is anything but two-dimensional. Based on the graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi and co-directed by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, "Persepolis" is essentially Satrapi's memoir.

    The traumatic events that befall Marjane's homeland, Iran, are seen through her eyes as a child, adolescent and young woman rough. The milestones of her life are intrinsically linked to her country's fate.

    We first meet Marjane as an Adidas-wearing, Bruce Lee-worshipping, cheeky child in Tehran. The wide-eyed poverty of Marjane's childhood during the Islamic Revolution solidifies into an adolescent boldness. Her loving parents decide that boldness makes life too perilous for their daughter in Iran, and Marjane is sent to school in Austria. Her misadventures there with friends, boys, love and punk rock are common enough adolescent ordeals, but being in exile puts her confusion and search for identity into sharper relief.

    Using a restrained palette of mostly blues, black, grey and white, the animation is stunning. When bolder colours such as red do appear, they pack a punch. The witty, self-depreciating insights of Marjane make her central character a delight, and her urbane, dignified and irreverent grandmother is another wonderful presence in the film.

    "Persepolis" is a brilliantly honest coming-of-age story framed by one young woman's thoughtful examination of the complicated relationship she has with her country, while the use of animation to tell Marjane's story makes the two threads flow seamlessly together.

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    1.5 star rating
    Perhaps my expectations were up because I loved the subject- still nothing could save this incredibly depressing movie.

    The pluses were that there were some good production values. The negatives were that even the interesting bits were a bit boring and there was an over-all lack of humour.

    stephen
    Sydney, NSW
    12 Sep 2008
    An entertaining history lesson
    3 star rating
    I was totally enthralled with this animation where I found myself at some point in the movie seeing the animated characters as very real people. It was witty, entertaining and a very real learning experience - graphic images and symbol's were expertly edited into the animation in many places adding to the overall viewing experience. I just loved the grandma! Perhaps seeing the french version with subtitles added to the humour. I dont know if the english version would be as humorous.

    Nos
    Maroubra, NSW
    21 Aug 2008


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