Persepolis: the veil to punk rock

Marjane Satrapi is a rover, an eternal traveler, uprooted from home but home at ease in the world. A "bisexual" comic strip, as she is called, always poised between drawing and writing Born in Iran in 1969, spent his childhood in Tehran in a family of progressive ideas, he attended the Lycée Français and is witness to the troubled process that will bring Iran from theocratic monarchy to republic, through the Islamic revolution. In 1983, fourteen, parents decide to send in Vienna in a college French, given the danger of civil and political situation, until, after a series of ups and confrontation with the West, Marjane returns to Tehran of his will, to study Fine Arts. Persepolis tells us all this and much more, since the autobiographical comic story of a very personal and passionate: from Bruce Lee to Che Guevara, from Abba to Iron Maiden, the ferocity of the shah all'altrettanta violence the Pasdaran, through the struggles, feminism, reason, love and pain of separation. The weapon of irony not ever gave to pietism or heavy sarcasm end in itself, the fun is pure, sincere, involving, and it involves thinking, but with strength and pride. In 2002, Marjane has experienced success with 300,000 copies sold, becomes invisible to Iran, where one too many enemies among the Guardians of religion and tradition of Islam. After that the United States Persepolis has become mandatory reading in 250 universities, became the project of road movie written by Marjane with Vincent Paronnaud, the French, OSCE candidate, won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2007 and two César awards in 2008. Dubbed in the original language by Chiara Mastroianni (Marjane), Catherine Deneuve (Tadji, the mother), Simon Abkarian (Ebi, the father), while in Italian, respectively, from Paola Cortellesi, Licia Maglietta and Sergio Castello, enjoys an impressive technique , Between games of gray and black, alternating the use of color in scenes set to "today". In addition to the story, for all current, duty council's vision for the simple reason that it is exhilarating and fascinating in the use of drawings and in combination with these dialogues and key moments: Marjane it shows a woman for exceptional creativity and the courage of the narrative, and a brilliant humorist in mind that youth travel operation with rice, while the cinema and image are so complaint but also a wonderful game.

Alice Briscese Coletti