Voices: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian
France/USA, 2008
Seen: January/08 at the Varsity
Reason to see: Critical acclaim, and I was intrigued by the story and animation style
This is one film that has received such across the board acclaim I was wondering if I would feel the same and I have to admit I do. There is an amazing sense of wonder and optimism in a film with a predominate setting of revolution and war. The story is that of the coming of age of outspoken punk-loving Marjane, who is based on the directors own experiences and we feel that personal connection throughout. There is a wonderful blend of big scale events as well as simple moments of daily life. The animation style is beautiful in its expressive simplicity. It is quite a treat to see hand drawn animation in such a CGI world.Shannon's Overall View:
I enjoyed it it
I'd watch it
I recommend it
2 minutes of preshow including 2 commercials and 2 previews : How She Move and The Band's Visit / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret. Both look good for completely different reasons.
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3 comments:
Woohoo! Happy to hear you enjoyed it!
Curious, was this the original French with English subtitles or the dubbed version?
Also, I'm really curious about How She Move...if only because it's Canadian.
It was indeed the original French with subtitles (which I so prefer to dubbed).
I can't wait to see How She Move! Canadian Dance movie - score!!
I also much prefer subtitles to dubbed movies. I feel that if you dub over an actor's voice (ESPECIALLY in an animated movie), you lose so much of the original performance.
I agree with you in general about Persepolis... you can't call it "delightful", even though there were moments of true delight in it.
PS love your blog! :-)
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