There is some wonderful news coming from the Iranian community and that is the release this summer in France (and later this year in the US) of a film version of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. The film has already debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the festival’s Jury Prize, which Satrapi “dedicated to all Iranians.”
At time where relations with Iran are strained and there is a need for building bridges between the sociopolitical landscape of the Middle East, and especially Iran, Satrapi’s cartoon memoir brings to life a remarkable childhood together with a poignant, maddening, and yet altogether beautiful commentary on modern Iran.
Of all the summer movies, this is the one that I am looking forward to the most… even if it doesn’t come out in the US this summer, it’s still the best summer movie in years.
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