TV Broadcast of ‘Persepolis’ Divides Tunisians

October 19, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments

Marjane Satrapi’s Oscar-nominated 2007 animated feature Persepolis has been the center of a political storm in Tunisia this past week. After Muslim fundamentalists attacked the TV station that had broadcast the movie, which is based on Satrapi’s graphic novel about growing up during the Islamic revolution in Iran, Tunisians seem [...]

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Satrapi Delivers Tasty ‘Chicken With Plums’ in Venice

September 5, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s  Chicken with Plums, the live-action follow-up to their Oscar-nominated animated feature Persepolis (2007) made a big splash at the Venice Film Festival last week. Based on Satrapi’s graphic novel, the $15.8 million-budgeted feature (11 million euros), the Celluloid Dreams project is set in Tehran in [...]

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