Persepolis – now on general release

During the Islamic revolution, an outspoken nine-year-old Iranian girl discovers Abba and punk before moving to Europe. … Hers is a funny and deeply involving story but its sharp stabs against the women-hatred of the Iranian governing classes are enough to trigger rage. …

Details: 2007, France, Animation, cert 12A, 95 mins, Dir: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
UK release: 25 April 2008

If you go to this link on the Guardian web site you can enter your postcode to see if it is showing in a cinema near you.



%d bloggers like this: