Review of Persepolis (2007) by Diego Fernando G — 30 Nov 2010

This is something really special. I'm becoming a graphic novels fan and, most importantly, their movie adaptations. The plot is amazing and blends magisterially some of politic history (even though you at the end realize that it isn't the main purpose) with a strong personal story.

It probably may offend some people, specially those whom are really "attached" to the Islam culture (don't want to use the word fundamentalist), but if you really "read between the lines" the film is simpler than a decisive debate over government regimes. And that is because Mariane Satrapi does a wonderful job, not just adapting the graphic novel she wrote, but telling her own story and the details in which it developed.

The animation is flawless: I love its simplicity and the old-fashioned way they did it, but still keeping it perfect, always trying to avoid an over "cartoonish " look.

Definitively a must for those looking for a movie that approaches in a balanced way, politics, religion, culture, costumes and a touching humanist tale, told in an unique and neutral form.