You know I don't love watching movies at home, but, if you've been reading 13Months, you know Angie and I have been sick for some time. Add to that the indignity of basic cable and to that add a broken tv remote!
Now you see what's going on over here.
The second movie of the weekend was Persepolis. This animated film is based on the graphic novels of Marjane Satrapi entitled Persepolis 1 and 2. I read them both about two weeks ago having been recommended them by Nick Hornby's Housekeeping vs. the Dirt.
The books and movie are autobiographical. We follow Marji as she grows up in Tehran, is sent away to Austria by her worried parents during the Iran-Iraq war and then returns to Tehran as an outsider following the war.
Her personal struggles give valuable insight into a story that, to us in the west, seems simply chaotic and incomprehensible. The story she tells of herself, her family and her friends as they struggle which changing regimes and their changing lives helps to make the history more personal.
Breakdown
Name: Persepolis
Year: 2007
Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Gena Rowlands, Sean Penn, Catherine Deneuve and Iggy Pop - all voices
Director: Marjane Satrapi
Ratings
Plot: 8 out of 10
Acting: 6 out of 10
Soundtrack: 6 out of 10
Overall: 7.5 out of 10
Recommendation?
Yes. I recommend you at least read the books. Her story begins just before the Iranian Revolution and runs through the Iran-Iraq War and beyond. It has great historic value, in my opinion.
And, hey, if you don't like to read, the movie can be a great help to you.
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