by Eugene Hernandez (September 2, 2007)
Posing for a shot together here at the
Telluride Film Festival this weekend are "
Persepolis" directors
Marjane Satrapi (left) and
Vincent Parronaud (right) with their film's distributor
Michael Barker (co-president of
Sony Pictures Classics). The film, based on Satrapi's acclaimed graphic novels, is a coming-of-age animated film depicting her struggle while growing up amidst the personal and political turmoil caused by the revolution in Iran. The French-language film, an award-winner at the Cannes Film Festival this year, features the voices of
Catherine Deneuve, her daughter
Chiara Mastroianni, and
Danielle Darrieux. "Persepolis" will screen next week at the
Toronto International Film Festival before closing the
New York Film Festival in October.