About Persepolis.

The cartoon Persepolis tells a simple story in a very concise way. Just like in Maga? Like the original picture of Satapi, the film is mainly composed of a series of monotonous pictures, black and white, but occasionally there are some subtle differences in gray level. This autobiography about the "growing pains" of Iranian girls is so elegant and humorous that it is irresistible.

Although the film looks simple, it is full of warmth and surprise. The talented woman Sha Tapi organically combines those fierce independent spirits with a sense of humor. The description of urban roads and buildings in Tehran and Vienna artistically turned ordinary landforms into a poem. This is not a mediocre work, otherwise the film won't attract Chiara? Catherine Mastroianni? Denaf and Danielle? Heavyweight actor Darcy voiced it-three generations of actresses voiced the leading girl, the girl's mother and the girl's grandmother respectively. Coincidentally, Denaf is Chiara's mother in real life, and Darcy plays Denaf's mother in the movie Liu Meihua Jiao, although that was 40 years ago. So the three people's interpretation of the role is natural and perfect.

Grandma in the story is a firm, paternalistic figure, and this role is also one of the sources of humor in the film. At the same time, this role is also a concrete embodiment of the feminist tendency of the film. Inheriting grandma's will, the little girl Ma Jia has a rebellious spirit in her blood. She regards freedom as her birthright and is always ready to challenge the society with courage.

Majia's family was persecuted, and later, with the victory of the Islamic revolution, they had to live under the rule of Mullah. This history, full of war, torture and death, was expressed by Shatapi with a fresh and humorous visual image. Men's beards and women's shawls are like black holes, absorbing all the light.

Maria followed her grandmother's example and always stood firm. However, Shatapi himself is not limited to "heroism". The film's grasp of the ideological scale is as simple and bold as her paintings. This calm woman pursues the emotional appeal to the audience, rather than simply using slogans to get everyone's approval.

With the development of the story, Ma Jia was sent to Austria by her parents for safety reasons. Her hopelessness of being isolated in a foreign country is the echo of her anxiety when she was in Tehran before, and they are equally sad. She was almost lost in punk rock in Europe. The experience in Vienna really showed her pain-she faced a dilemma alone.

When presenting this difficult problem, the film didn't make it too easy or too emotional. The characters in the film are more or less the portrayal of director Sha Tapi when she was young, and their often depressed or lively behavior is also a reflection of her occasional self-pity. And the grandmother with a hard life and rich qualifications doesn't have much time to be in a dilemma. She must make a quick decision. She is getting old. Even the little granddaughter Ma Jia's choice is, in the final analysis, a continuation of her grandmother's wish, and perhaps, the director's own wish.

In this film, the tone is often gloomy, but at the same time it is bold and willful. For those who insist that the world can be expressed in black and white, I think this film is a perfect interpretation.

This is more comic books than picture books. Black and white tones, printed texture, very fashionable. Author mazen? Satabi was born in Iran, then went to Europe to study and published cartoons all over the world. In her book, she describes her personal memories of Iran, a mysterious and ancient country, in a relaxed and humorous way, but the connotation of the picture involves topics such as growth, affection, religion and politics. -China Reading.

People always associate this great ancient civilization with fundamentalism, fanaticism and terrorism. As an Iranian who grew up in Iran, we know that this image is far from true.

That is why it is very important for me to create Persepolis: I grew up in Iran. I don't think the whole country should be judged by the bad behavior of a few extremists. I also don't want people to forget those Iranians who died in prison to defend their freedom, those Iranians who died in the Iran-Iraq war, those Iranians who suffered under various tyrannies, and those Iranians who were forced to leave their relatives and motherland.

People can forgive, but should never forget. -Mazen? Satabi

I am very excited today, because I saw the only film that touched my heart in recent years. Thank you. Where's Marga? A persistent filmmaker like Sha Tapi brought me a wonderful film-Persepolis. Compact structure, very understanding of the use of lens language, a seemingly simple plane animation movie actually let me honestly watch it in front of the computer for an hour and a half.

This is the history of the motherland in the eyes of a child, depicting personal growth: childhood, adolescence and adulthood. A seemingly heavy historical story is full of humor. Black and white memories, colorful reality. Dictatorship and autocracy, revolution and violence, happiness and sadness of growing up have been mixed in Iran's history since 1970s, thus being dissolved in individual experience. This film reveals the disillusionment of the Iranian people after the Islamic Revolution through the eyes of a precocious and frank 9-year-old girl, Majia. Women were forced to wear veils, and thousands of people were put into prison. The smart and bold vest managed to escape the official minions and made friends with punk, ABBA and Iron Lady. The outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war plunged people's lives into endless fear. As Ma Jia grew older, her boldness made her parents more and more worried about her safety. At the time of her 14, they finally made a difficult decision to send her to study in Austria.

In a lonely and fragile foreign land, Majia suffers from the common sufferings of teenagers, and is often equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled. She didn't flinch, tried her best to defend, and finally won recognition and even had a love experience. However, after graduating from high school, Ma Jia resumed her solitude and suffered from serious homesickness. Although it means that she must wear the veil again and live in an authoritarian society, Ma Ya decided to return to her Iranian family. After a difficult adaptation period, Ma Jia entered an art school and married a daughter-in-law. She still hasn't changed her personality of brave voice and continues to criticize the disadvantages of the times. At the age of 24, she realized that although she was Iranian, she could not live in this country, so she made a painful decision and left her hometown for France. Although the past has been indelibly branded, she wants to pursue an optimistic and bright future.

The Iranian government's suppression of this film is the consistent practice of authoritarian countries. Movies are movies, not political declarations. Please don't defile the film art with dirty politics. I remember Jiang Wen once said that movies are things to express personal experiences. If you want to force them to conform to mainstream tastes, please read history books. So "The Devil Comes" was banned by SARFT, but this film has also become an insurmountable peak of China's anti-Japanese films! Persepolis also conforms to this law. I dare to assert that this film is the pinnacle of the growth theme film in ten years. I hope there will be a movie "I grew up in China" soon. This film has no main theme, no flowers facing the sun, and it will not highlight the vigorous growth of children under the socialist sun. The only expression is the personal growth experience in this rapidly changing society, expressing the real China, the real society and the real life with a pair of pure eyes.

It is worth mentioning that the film's translation in Hong Kong and Taiwan is "Life of Jasmine", which has a unique charm, just like the jasmine fragrance on Ma Jia's grandmother's chest accompanied Ma Jia's life in Paris, Vienna and ... Tehran.