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Persepolis

Cartoni Animati , Satrapi Marjane    DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Cartoni Animati
  • Directors: Satrapi Marjane
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00434DY5W
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 240,034 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Teheran, 1978: Marjane, otto anni, sogna di essere un profeta che salverà il mondo. Educata da genitori molto moderni e particolarmente legata a sua nonna, segue con trepidazione gli avvenimenti che porteranno alla Rivoluzione e provocheranno la caduta dello Scià. Con l'instaurazione della Repubblica islamica inizia il periodo dei "pasdaran" che controllano i comportamenti e i costumi dei cittadini. Marjane, che deve portare il velo, diventa rivoluzionaria.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Persepolis is a black and white animation about a young Iranian woman's experience of revolution, war and exile, told from a personal, family history perspective. I enjoyed the film very much. It is well narrated and visually warm with excellent execution.

I particularly liked her recollection of her conversations with her uncle, who describes the idealism behind the fall of the Shah. It presents insights of those who loved their country though not theocracy.

This story isn't about the rights and wrongs of this or that movement or version of history. It's an individual story, no more or less grand than anyone else's. But the manner it which it's told, personally through this style of animation, is commendable.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Haven't read the comic book it made a great impression, and my wife, who loves the book, also found the film worth seeing. In most ways its a sad story about life in Iran, before, when the Shah ruled, and after, when the Muslim clerics rule, but it is seen through the eyes of a mischievous young girl, who eventually goes abroad, when the repression gets too much even for her parents.

Iran was not a paradise under the Shah, and it is even less so now.

An important document, and a voice that refuses to shut up - well worth any penny you pay for it!
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars La liberté a toujours un prix. 1 Feb 2009
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
La liberté a toujours un prix.

How often does a cartoon bring you to tears? Bambi's mother is nothing to what we have here, and, after all, this is actually about real life rather than pure fiction ...
Why should I call a film beautiful when it is heartbreaking, mostly matching the situations to black and heavy greys, with only occasional bursts of colour? This film is superb.
Religious fundamentalism, social oppression and brutality ... worldwide phenomena, from mid-west USA, to Saudi Arabia, in Robespierre's Terror, through the back streets of our own nation, even in Hindu India; throughout our history - and here, of course, in Iran. Marjane Satrapi has done an almost indescribably excellent piece of work in displaying the lot. She does not even make the idiot bigots especially evil: they may act nastily, but somehow you can see that they too are human; they also are victims of mis-directed ideology. And Marjane's grandmother is glorious. Vive la Liberté.
The pace and force of this film's presentation are almost beyond praise.
I must remark that the introductory sections with credits, selection for language, subtitles and so on, are pretty ... but out of tune with what is to follow and strangely annoying to navigate. Perhaps that emphasises the strengths of the film itself! Do choose the French language version - with Danielle Darrieux and Catherine Deneuve speaking who would not? English subtitles if you need them, but the English dubbing is muddy, almost harder to follow, and less accurate than the French - even if your hold on spoken French, like mine, is a bit shaky.
Some of my prejudices are strongly vindicated ... "English" dubbing is usually pretty awful; there is a great strength to be had from clean use of black and white, escaping the distractions of colour, wide screens and so on. A truly great film. Here we have at once universal truths, a particular semi-autobiography, and an examination of Iran in travail.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars A spirited and informative view of Iran in recent decades
This is a remarkable and authentic film. It is the autobiography of a young Iranian woman, Marjane Satrapi, who comes to political awareness during the Shah's regime, and then... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Sherpa
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
excellent biographical animated movie, that uses humur to get accross the message of how life changed for one family in the 1970s.
Published 21 days ago by Paul Steven Edwards
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice and enjoable
Having read the graphic novels of Marjanne I wanted to see the animated rendering Persepolis. I wasn't disappointed. In fact I think that it's very good indeed. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Tranquillity
4.0 out of 5 stars DVD has a few problems
The DVD skipped a little, but was excellent. A little disappointed with the quality but overall a great film. Recommended.
Published 2 months ago by Naomi Silkstone
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking
I didn't know much about Persepolis before I sat down to watch it. It surprised me in many ways, the first being that this is definitely a film aimed at an older audience, from... Read more
Published 3 months ago by D Brown
3.0 out of 5 stars It all depends---
I imagine this could be very interesting to some viewers. It didn't really get me involved. But, I'm a man. Maybe that's the problem.
Published 3 months ago by K. H. Tonge
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Film - shame about the American dubbing, not very authentic
The animation was fantastic, I was doing a module on post colonial discourse at Uni and this was fodder for it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Littletank
5.0 out of 5 stars Bittersweet
"Persepolis" is such a bittersweet movie - it's all about a girl just trying to be a smart girl in modern Iran, getting into rock music and dressing up in a culture where even... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Emma Maree
4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky but fun film
I've only watched this film in French (w/ the French subtitles) as it was work for my French class.

I wasn't expecting much coming into this film but I was pleasantly... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Daniel Brooks
1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless
I find myself agreeing with the other 1 star reviewer. I had very high hopes for this film after seeing the trailer. How wrong could I be? Read more
Published 15 months ago by C. N. Davenport
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