Persepolis

My copy of Persepolis arrived and I finally got to watch it. It was a very interesting and thought-provoking movie about a young girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution. It is based on Marjane Satrapi autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis.

Persepolis

The story was interesting and the storytelling was excellent. The entire movie was quite serious but spiced up with little funny life moments which made it very real. It really got you to think about what the life of people living under these controlling and oppressing governments is like and how easy we have it in the Western world. Or at least most of us. The Norwegian news has been reporting that in certain parts of Oslo people are being harassed for not dressing correctly or eating during certain religious holidays. Much like in the movie where people are told what to wear and how to behave by the moral police. Even this movie was not really appreciated by the Iranian government and mostly banned.

These are all just small things compared to the treatment people that openly oppose the government and are imprisoned or killed. It baffles me that we live in a world where there are still regimes where people are not allowed to freely oppose the government. How can anyone justify for themselves that their beliefs and powers are so important that it gives them right to oppress and kill people? How can they claim there is harm in words that they claim are not true and not feeling evil…? Enough ranting…

The graphics of the movie were very well done. The only negative thing I can say that it was maybe a bit on the longer side despite only being a little over 90 minutes. It didn’t really feel stretched but the constant jumping between scenes felt a bit exhausting.

However, to sum it up I will say that it was a beautiful, sad, thought-provoking movie that is definitely worth watching!