Persepolis

Persepolis

Selected by the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch.

Selected by the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch. 
 
When Marjane Satrapi was nominated for Animated Feature Film, with co-director Vincent Paronnaud, she became the first woman in the history of the Oscars to have garnered such a nod. Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, Persepolis is based on Satrapi’s biographical graphic novel of the same name, which follows a precocious young girl in Tehran who comes of age during the country’s 1979 revolution and the Iran-Iraq war. Like the graphic novel, the film is in black-and-white and uses traditional animation techniques, achieving a striking palette that remains timeless. 

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud. WITH: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian. 2007. 96 min. France. B&W. French. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive. 

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