If you are a fan of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis series this will be great news. They have turned it into a film, and it looks like they actually did a great job. The animation in the trailer looks fantastic, and like a nice transition from her comics. The film was released late last year and is finally making it’s way over here to the States. Here is a brief summary of the story from Wikipedia-

The story begins just before the Iranian Revolution. Shown initially through the eyes of the nine-year-old Marjane, it shows how people’s hopes for change were slowly dashed as the Islamic fundamentalists took power, forcing head coverings on women and imprisoning thousands; the story ends with Marjane as a 21-year-old expatriate.

Persepolis- Official Movie Site
Persepolis- Pick up the complete series at Powell’s Books!

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