Persepolis

Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, François Jerosme

(Sony Pictures Classics, 2007) Rated: PG-13

US DVD release date: 24 June 2008 (Sony)

[3 January 2008]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

Nothing Would Be Like Before

Personal and political history is delivered with a sharp mix of comedy and tragedy (Marjane lies in bed, the "camera" hovering overhead as she declares herself a communist after learning her grandfather was jailed for same).

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