"Persepolis" filmmakers Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud enjoy a little down time at Nick & Toni's Cafe on the Upper West Side for a casual lunch with journalists and friends alike after their screening and press conference at the New York Film Festival. The animated film, based on the graphic novel by Satrapi, is about her childhood growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and escape from the veil and oppressive fundamentalist government. During the press conference, the filmmakers noted that they used stark black and white animation instead of real life actors and settings because the abstract nature of the drawings provided something people could easily relate to, something that was key in helping correct some of the misconceptions about Iranians. "This is a very humanistic movie, it's a pro-Iranian movie. You have some sympathy," said Satrapi. "It's anti-fanaticism, anti-dictatorship. This is about a human being, about me."