Cannes Films Festival (2007): Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi Co-director, with Vincent Paronnaud, of "Persepolis," Satrapi is the only first-time helmer in Cannes Competition this year. The B&W animated feature about a precocious Iranian girl living in post-Islamic Revolution Tehran is adapted from Satrapi's comicbook memoirs of the same name. Satrapi, who now lives in Paris, has published four "Persepolis" volumes that have sold well over a million copies worldwide. More projects with Paronnaud are in the works.

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Persepolis - Teaser 1

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