Persepolis

[hashem]

Persepolis is a animated film about modern history of Iran. its based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of with a same name. its story takes place in Iran during 1978 - mid 1990s. some of Satrapi's friends and family members were tortured and killed during Pahlavi or islamist regimes.

more information about the film is available in this link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_%28film%29

i think its a very good film and recommend you to see it.

[Quail]

I'd recommend reading the book (graphic novel?) too if you haven't already.

[Pelarys]

I definitely recommend doing these things.

[bcbm]

i like the representation of euro anarchists in the 80s

[The Idler]

Seemed a bit angsty to me.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I watched this a while back. Don't remember much of it except for the part when her uncle (a communist) is executed by the Iranian government in the aftermath of the revolution.

[Permanent Revolutionary]

I absolutely loved the film. It was gorgeous!

[Quail]

Go ahead and see it. I saw the film before I read the book, and enjoyed them both.

[redshoesrock]

Thoroughly enjoyed it, myself.

[Fire]

I've seen it, the subtitled version. It's a very good movie. Go see it now.

I wasn't a Marxist at the time that I saw it but it was one of the things that steered me away from liberalism.

One point the movie makes though, revolutions are not comfortable things, you never know what is going to come out of the other end. The main character's parents wanted socialism when they joined the revolution but got a militaristic theocracy from the backlash against the west from the people who didn't live in the city. I would take from that that alliances with opposing ideologies are risky.

[The Idler]

Whilst watching this film, I kinda hoped no liberals would think that this histrionic version of liberalism represented Marxism.

[Igor]

I've both read the book and seen the movie, and it's a really good story. I'm nthing the whole go and see it, it's really one of the best animations I've seen. I actually kind of prefer the animation to the comic, but both are terrific nevertheless.

[brigadista]

good story about immigrant dislocation and common experience for many iranians in europe according to a friend

[Firefly]

I have read the graphic novel and watched the film, and it was really good.
Prolly one of the movies that somehow influenced my leftist ideas.