A sensitive story of the growth of a girl
into a woman in contemporary Iran and
Europe.An adaptation of Satrapi’s graphic
novel which won the Jury Prize at Cannes
in 2007. The black and white animation
has a wonderfully crafted and soft feel,
interspersed with a coloured-in Europe it
plays wistfully with our stereotypes. Combined with voiceovers
from Shaun Penn, Chiara Matroianni and Iggy Pop that give this
film a wonderful texture and a revealing look into the personal
and political worlds that have been created in Iran since the fall of
the Shah. Come to this, still, without your burkha.
