Mike and I had Netflixed (yes, I am allowed to make up words) a movie called Persepolis several weeks ago, but for some reason, we had been putting off watching it. I guess because it was an animated, foreign film with subtitles about a young girl growing up in Iran, we thought it might be kind of boring or pretentious. We were pleasantly surprised to find that it was neither.
The movie chronicles the life of Marjane Satrapi (who also wrote and co-directed the movie), an irreverent and punk music-loving young girl. It follows her and her extended family, friends and acquaintances in Iran during the fall of the Shah and the subsequent takeover by the radical Islamic government. It was really great--funny, enlightening, and occaisionally infuriating.
I would definitely give it my highest recommendation, and Mike also gave it a thumbs up.
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