This animation for adults is a moving tale narrating Marjane's childhood, a rebellious Iranian girl born in a liberal family yet growing up in a very oppressive regime.
This fictionalized memoir, based on Satrapi's graphic novel and drawn in black and white, informs about politics through the individual experience of the young girl.
The story begins in the late seventies, when the Iranian revolution ends the dictatorial regime of the Shah and brings the hope of freedom.
But the fundamentalists...
Love Songs | Les Chansons d'Amour
Director: Christophe Honoré | Writer: Christophe Honoré | Genre: Musical | Cast: Louis Garrel as Ismaël Bénoliel | Ludivine Sagnier as Julie Pommeraye | Chiara Mastroianni as Jeanne |...
Les Idoles
The never-before-seen French 60s yé-yé/psychedelic musical romp starring gallic lefty posterboy Pierre Clémenti (Catherine Deneuve's gangster lover in “Belle de Jour”) and nouvelle...
For Catherine Deneuve, A Chilly Family 'Christmas'
Her five-decade career continues with a dark comedy about a deeply dysfunctional family, gathered for the holidays with baggage in tow. Deneuve talks to Jacki Lyden about her career, her...
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
CLASSICAL KIDS: Beethoven Lives Upstairs -- a tale of genius and childhood THE STORY: Young Christoph exchanges letters with his uncle about the chaotic arrival of Mr. Beethoven into his...
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Based on the best-selling and award-winning Classical Kids CD, Beethoven Lives Upstairs was hailed upon its original release as "a video masterpiece" by the Boston Herald and "the best family...
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