Persepolis

Context: Social, Political & Historical...

• Middle east
• Gender
• From the context of an insider not an outsider
• Originally a comic book (adaptation)
• Humor integrated throughout
• Growing up in teen years with no family
• Propaganda (seeing it from a students point of view)
• Civilian in a war zone
• Animated documentary like 'Waltz with Bashir'
• Melancholy not depressing
• History repeating itself
• She is related to the last emperor of Iran
• Finding her identity
• A French production