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Released on 25 April in an English-dubbed version, a review of Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi's Oscar-nominated animation of a girl displaced in Vienna
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We spoke to the Iranian graphic novelist, 37, in January, after she shot to fame with her black-and-white comic book ‘Persepolis’. It's currently hitting movie screens in its animated French version
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Time to go ahead with the last part of the long essay on Marjane Satrapi. Here you can read the part one and two; and don't forget the interview with cafebabel! Marjane Satrapi – new literary phenomenon in comics by Igor Prassel, part three At this point we will pause ...
Time to go ahead with the story of Persepolis. Here the part one. Nat Marjane Satrapi – new literary phenomenon in comics by Igor Prassel, part two ... During the process of writing and drawing the story Marjane relieved a great frustration: “… Since I moved to France in 1994, I have always ...
Warm like hell…get over it. Light on Persepolis: prepare to read the first part of the essay on Marjane Satrapi. Her work recently became a movie and has been awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. Here you can find Marjane's brunch with cafebabel. Enjoy, Nat. Marjane Satrapi – new ...