Persepolis

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 25, 2007

8.5	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 262 Ratings

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BroyaxJan 12, 2017

Il faut faire abstraction du "style particulier" de cette "oeuvre", une expression polie et joliment arrangée pour désigner une esthétique en noir et blanc au trait simplet qui n'a précisément rien d'esthétique. Pour faire bref et en résumé :Il faut faire abstraction du "style particulier" de cette "oeuvre", une expression polie et joliment arrangée pour désigner une esthétique en noir et blanc au trait simplet qui n'a précisément rien d'esthétique. Pour faire bref et en résumé : putain que c'est moche ! Mais étant donné le propos ici, il ne s'agit pas d'une tare rédhibitoire.

Car le propos est celui de la vie sous une république islamo-fasciste, la vie quotidienne épinglée au grand jour sous un regard agréablement révolté et cynique. Toutes les anecdotes, tous ces **** "détails" -en dehors des exactions racontées également dont sont coutumières ces dictatures religieuses- tous ces "mini-évènements" en somme qui nous montrent la folie fanatique au jour le jour, oui, tout cela est vraiment édifiant.

Quel dommage alors d'avoir pollué ce récit -qu'on devine autobiographique- avec un tas de considérations que l'on dirait sorties tout droit d'un magazine féminin pour jeunes pétasses. Le ton en est aussi beaucoup trop inspiré, se veut branché et "tendance", comme s'il s'adressait exclusivement à ses copines (des pétasses également sans doute). Cela cisaille le récit, le décrédibilise et l'infantilise énormément (en plus de nous emmerder).

Dommage donc, car ces Nouvelles de Perse avaient du potentiel en tant que témoignage de la barbarie hystéro-religieuse du Moyen-Orient, un potentiel hélas non réalisé.… Expand

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PaulCFeb 26, 2008

I think it's a bit over-rated. The story and pacing are uneven, and the plot just peters out at the end. I would've liked more on living in Iran and less about how the character felt alienated from the world. Seriously, what makes I think it's a bit over-rated. The story and pacing are uneven, and the plot just peters out at the end. I would've liked more on living in Iran and less about how the character felt alienated from the world. Seriously, what makes you so special?… Expand

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lancek.Jun 3, 2009

What seemed captivating and fresh in the first 40 minutes gradually wore out its welcome. After a while, we feel less sympathetic with the rather self-absorbed main character. The animation is very nice, and perhaps a new and interesting way What seemed captivating and fresh in the first 40 minutes gradually wore out its welcome. After a while, we feel less sympathetic with the rather self-absorbed main character. The animation is very nice, and perhaps a new and interesting way to tell an elaborate and long historical story without having to go to the trouble and expense to re-enact it all. The graphic style is very evocative of the psychological and cultural territiory in ways that modern 3D computer animation could not. Sadly, the material becomes quite split after awhile, partly personal issues of a pretty mixed up young girl, partly epic family tragedy in a warring country. They don't mix particularly well, and after a while I began to wonder why one or the other was not more emphasized, and why would I want to watch both at the same time? Oddly, the animation seemed more interesting and fitting to the war and historic segments, and a decent young women's movie could've been made in a conventional method. I would want to see the historical movie, and would've skipped the other.… Expand

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PennyL.Aug 17, 2008

I liked the animation; I found it charming. I found it hard to sympathize with the protagonist. She's quite irritating and shallow in my opinion, and though at times her story is dramatic and tragic, it's the events themselves that I liked the animation; I found it charming. I found it hard to sympathize with the protagonist. She's quite irritating and shallow in my opinion, and though at times her story is dramatic and tragic, it's the events themselves that are fascinating, not her interpretation/experience of them. I also saw this dubbed in English and I don't recommend it. The voice acting is kind of flat, even though some reputable actors were involved. A film that could have been fantastic. It just didn't come through for me.… Expand

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