Young Electrics Presents...
Persepolis
Award-winning memoir in the black-and-white style of its original graphic novels.
Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Cast includes: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop
Presented by Young Electrics - our Young film Programmers Group
96Mins / 2008 / France, Iran
- "Terrific... a true original" **** - The Times
- "Endlessly charming and very funny. Brilliant" - **** Empire
- "Wonderful" - The Guardian
True story of a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian revolution. The story traces her growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager in Iran. Created by a team of over a hundred animators who, on Satrapi's direction kept the drawings simple and avoided high-tech techniques that could date it. The film went on to win awards across the world.
