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Persepolis - This Holiday Season

laimah

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Persepolis, a Sony Pictures Classic, opens in NYC on Christmas Day.

I had the great fortune of pre-screening Persepolis last night at the Regal Union Square Theater.  Persepolis is based on autobiographical graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return.  Satrapi recounts or illustrates her youth in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and her coming of age in the West.

The film is true to the books on many levels.  The animation doesn’t stray from the comic book style of the graphic novels.  Most of the key scenes from the two books are there, making it a longer length feature.  And the stories are just as poignant, although the novels naturally leave more to the imagination. 

To learn more and watch the trailer visit the film’s official website: www.sonypictures.com/classics/persepolis

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