Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni, Persepolis

A 2007 Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature, Persepolis is the black-and-white, hand drawn animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's four graphic novels. Satrapi's autobiographical story begins in the Shah's Iran, zips to Vienna where she was schooled as a teenager when the religious theocracy began eliminating political opposition, returns home to tough times and ends in Paris where she lives today. Catherine Deneuve voices Marjane's mother and the actress's real-life daughter Chiara Mastroianni is the teenaged and adult Marjane. Each discuss the popularity and impact Persepolis has had in France and how Satrapi co-directed this big screen version.

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