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Persepolis (Closing Night) Series: The 45th New York Film Festival [Sep 28 - Oct 14 2007] Director: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, Country: France, Release: 2007, Runtime: 95 Marjane Satrapi’s spectacular graphic novels about her life as a rebellious young woman in and out of Iran, before and after the Islamic Revolution, have caused a worldwide sensation. This vibrant, groundbreaking animated adaptation, co-directed by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, is destined to do likewise, for both adults and discerning younger audiences. The bold-faced visual style matches the irrepressible spirit of young Marjane, first as a teenager chafing at the restrictions of the Khomeini regime, later as a disoriented expat in Vienna. Chiara Mastroianni and her real-life mother Catherine Deneuve provide the voices of Marjane and her mother, and every word spoken by the great Danielle Darrieux, as the voice of Marjane’s worldly-wise grandmother, is wisdom to savor. A Sony Pictures Classics release. Preceded by The Vulnerable Ones: A border crossing becomes one young man’s rite of passage. Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007, 13 min.

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