Persepolis

continuing my modest efforts to please the two people that reluctantly read this blog, i bring you here yet another brief review of a great animated film i saw recently: Persepolis.

This movie is based on the french autobiographical novel of the same name. It was written and directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud. Basically it tells the story of Marjane, and it begins when she was 9 years old living with her relatively open-minded family during the events of the falling monarchy in Iran and the Islamic revolution that came after it in the late 1970's. The Movie's strong point is simplicity, it illustrates the story in simple black and white cartoony style animations, which blends very well with the great music and creates a style of it's own. I don't think i can describe whether the movie is too funny or too dramatic since it has both elements in abundance, some scenes are uplifting while others are very dramatic. In short this movie is truly a vibrant masterpiece that is told with style and passion and i highly recommend it for anybody who remotely likes movies/animation.