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Persepolis: A City Worth Visiting
Hayley Richardson | Thu, Feb 14th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | Tags: hayley richardson, film review, animation, persepolis, marjane satrapi, iran, julia alvarez, edwidge danticat, chador, war on terror | 1
Persepolis, based on the 2003 graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, is an autobiographical portrait of resistance in the face of suppression. It’s a poignant coming of age story that begins in pre-revolutionary Iran, where precocious Marjane is schooled in radical ideas by her left-wing, intellectual parents. As a child, she regularly constructs night-time conversations between Marx and God, and peppers her extended family with questions, many of whom were jailed for speaking out against…
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