Persepolis (2007)

PG-13   |    |  Animation, Biography, Drama


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A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.


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1 March 2008 | VoiceOfEurope
8
| Intellectual and funny autobiographical animation. One of a kind
Marjane Satrapi's venture to present the chronicle of the Iranian Islamic revolution filtered through the eyes of a lively and cheeky, French-educated young girl is bold and ambitious. To do so by the help of strong-silhouetted, axe-carved, triangle-nosed cartoon figures is even more peculiar. Her powerful heroine – Marjane, named by no coincidence after the creator – however, spectacularly succeeds in replacing and emulating any possible real flesh characters. She is intellectual, witty, utterly impudent and very funny; the essential Euro-kid of the wild and untamed 1970s and early 1980s.

This brilliant movie serves as a study proving that animation is more powerful and potent than ever before no matter how unsophisticated and basic the visual elements are. And although the technique used in Persepolis has long been present it can be said that perfection has just been achieved.

Satrapi's work is so very French: wantonly intellectual, acrimoniously witty, utterly sarcastic and outrageously funny. However, even this masterpiece could not escape common places and is not without disturbing occurrences of generalization of characters and situations. Still, you will have a wide and genuine smile on your face coming out of the theater. Persepolis is per se unique and compelling with the ability to make you smile at the right moments - when tension has built up too much.

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Release Date:

22 February 2008

Language

French, English, Persian, German


Country of Origin

France, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,300,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$88,826 30 December 2007

Gross USA:

$4,445,756

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,783,978

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