Persepolis (12A)

Thursday 29th January 2009
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi 2007 - 96 mins
France, USA
Language: French / English / Persian / German

Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Satrapi, this is a wonderfully inspiring and beautifully animated tale of a young girl's life in Iran under the Shah and coming of age during the Islamic revolution.  Never too heavy handed, this film makes Hollywood's female roles look like ridiculous stuff.  Here we have a real woman with passion and fortitude dealing with oppression, depression, marriage, separation and death.