Marjane Satrapi’s screen adaptation of her graphic memoir animates its spartan monochrome illustrations to the screen for a tale of a young girl coming of age in revolutionary Iran, as the country pivots from rule by a US puppet to an even more repressive fundamentalist state. A geopolitical history lesson and a piercing account of finding one’s way all rolled into one remarkable film. -Lee Gardner
2007 Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi 1.85:1 Color/B&W DCP 96 min. In French with subtitles.
