In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

In 2007, the already critically renowned Persepolis broadened its reach when it was adapted into an animated film, co-directed by the author — albeit after some hesitation — and ultimately ...

This scene is how “Persepolis” (2000 ... in 2001 and became a Cannes Jury Prize-winning feature-length film in 2007. This week, the first 44 pages of Satrapi’s original manuscript ...