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Persepolis

2007

Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud

Animation, Voice: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian ...

7.8

44,401

Animation. Drama Tehran 1978: An eight year old Marjane, dreams of being a future prophet, intent on saving the world. Cherished by her modern and cultivated parents and adored by her grandmother, she avidly follows the events that lead to the downfall of the Shah's brutal regime. The introduction of the new Islamic Republic heralds the era of the 'Guardians of the Revolution' who control how people should dress and act. Marjane, who must now wear the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A tale that unfolds with such grace, intelligence and charm that you almost take the wondrous aspects of its execution for granted."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[A] wondrous animated film (...) It is surprisingly involving, wrapping us in this autobiography that distills an epoch into a young women's life (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Dave Calhoun Time Out	"'Persepolis' is realism seen through special eyes (...) This is a delightful, curious film that indulges in both the personal and the political (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"The story's greatest value lies in its elegant twining of the universal and the obscure (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"[It] radiates brutal honesty (...) [A] gorgeous, accomplished, stirring work (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Paronnaud and Satrapi succeed smashingly in translating the original's spirit into animation."	POS
United States	Tom Charity CNN	"Glorious (...) An exuberant autobiographical film (...) 'Persepolis' has some of the blithe, spindly finesse of a New Yorker cartoon"	POS
United States	Kristi Mitsuda IndieWire	"Surpassingly exquisite (...) A corrective bomb of beauty launched lovingly into a terrified world."	POS
United Kingdom	Cosmo Landesman The Times	"This is pop culture's equivalent of Dr Zhivago: a big, beautifully woven tale of the personal and the political. We get an engrossing history lesson about Iran"	POS

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