Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, 2007, internal conflict, main character, 1978, Tehran, condensed movie, modern family, loss, deprivation of liberty, war, Islamic Republic, Karl Marx, autobiographical tale, dramatic story, Iron Maiden, ABBA, social guardians, Islamic Revolution, deprivation of freedom, Islamic oppression
Based on Marjane Satrapi's famous autobiographical comic books, Persepolis is a condensed movie of the four volumes of this saga. Co-directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud and released in 2007, Persepolis is the journey of Marjane herself, an eight-year-old girl living in Tehran in 1978, during the Islamic Revolution. Within a cultured and modern family, she will very quickly be confronted with the political stakes of the revolution, in particular by the loss of loved ones, the deprivation of liberty, and more broadly, the sounds of war.
[...] But then, this lack of freedom will push Marjane into rebellious behavior and revolutionary ideas: she starts to listen Iron Maiden or ABBA, to contest authority. Her behavior will push her parents to send her in Vienna, Austria, to study, for her own safety. Then, she will face adolescence, its drama, disappointment, happiness and broken heart stories, before she finally decided to go back home, in Iran. Audience Reception The decision of making Persepolis a black and white animated movie with very few shades of gray gives the film an extremely strong visual identity, which makes its charms. [...]
[...] Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007) - The Internal Conflict of the Main Character Critic review of an animated movie in black and white Based on Marjane Satrapi's famous autobiographical comic books, Persepolis is a condensed movie of the four volumes of this saga. Co-directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud and released in 2007, Persepolis is the journey of Marjane herself, an eight-year-old girl living in Tehran in 1978, during the Islamic Revolution. Within a cultured and modern family, she will very quickly be confronted with the political stakes of the revolution, in particular by the loss of loved ones, the deprivation of liberty, and more broadly, the sounds of war. [...]
[...] This identification has therefore made her very endearing, which makes it possible to appreciate the film and her heroine and to feel all her feelings as closely as possible, at the same time as she does. A Poignant Movie Finally, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud take us on a film journey which revolves around the city of Tehran through the life of a little girl undergoing Islamic oppression and becoming a strong and accomplished young woman. This autobiographical tale, full of humor and lightness, manages to count a dramatic story that sometimes looks like a memoir, and sometimes like a documentary. Persepolis is a poignant and moving movie that should be seen by all. [...]
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