Monday,
March 15, 2010
Persepolis
dir.
Marjane Satrapi,
2007, US/France,
2007, 35mm, 96 mins, English, French, German and Persian w/
English subtitles
Co-presented
by The Philadelphia Film Society as part of One Book, One Philadelphia
In
1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her
young eyes and those of her idealistic family. Their long dream
of the hated Shah's defeat is fulfilled in the Iranian Revolution
of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses firsthand
how the new Iran , now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has
become a repressive tyranny of its own. With Marji dangerously
refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send
her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. But this change
proves an equally difficult trial, with the young woman finding
herself in a different culture, loaded with abrasive characters
and profound disappointments. Even when she returns home, Marji
finds that both she and her homeland have changed much, and
the young woman and her loving family must decide where she
truly belongs.
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