Persepolis

In her autobiographical comic strip Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi tells stories from her youth in revolutionary and then war-torn Iran. I had heard so much about it last year and I am probably one of the last people in France to discover it this late! A couple of days ago my friend lent me the first part of the four comic strips. I couldn't not post a little something about it.

I really enjoyed Satrapi's courage and insolence and I am very impressed by the life she has led. In Persepolis, we discover that at the age of ten, she is compelled to wear a veil, understand the class differences in her society, the political affiliations of her family and overcome the loss of her dear uncle Anouck (killed in jail after the Islamic revolution). She is then sent abroad to Austria to pursue her schooling. After graduating from highschool, she goes back to Iran for university.

Her work was all adapted into a movie which was co-produced with Vincent Paronnaud. Persepolis earnt the Jury Price in 2007 at the Cannes Film Festival. I have found some nice trailers on the internet that I believe are worthy of your attention:

Persepolis was banned in Lebanon because apparently it could "create tension with the Iranian government"...I just don't get it, why should anything stand in the way of intellect?...Our people can think and judge for themselves. Of course. the movie never made its way neither to Kuwait nor to the whole region. Marjane currently lives in Paris, and is going to stay out of Iran for the meantime.