Sat 23rd Feb 8.30pm - Ciné lumière
Preview Screening

France 2007. With the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux. 95 min. 12

The wonderful animated Persepolis charts the funny tale of a rebellious girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution who outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk. Marjane experiences the Iran / Iraq war, and is then sent to school in Austria where she feels a sense of social dislocation. Upon returning to Iran she marries and then makes a life changing decision...

Persepolis retains the look of the comic books with its stark black and white imagery, soft edges and fascinating and amusing observations of a young woman struggling with "existential" problems in an era of historical turmoil.

Courtesy of Optimum Releasing