persepolis

This is an animated film with French subtitles. The main character is Marji, and the movie is about her life. She is ten years old at the beginning of the movie. She does not know much about the government and situation in Iran at first. She actually made fun of a child who was the son of one of the government officials. She realized this was wrong when she got yelled at for doing that. It was not the child's fault that his father was unliked. The Islamic Fundamentalists win the elections and put Iran into a bad state. There were a lot of rules and regulations. At one point in the movie, Marji's mother encounters a very mean man. He tells her that he rapes women like her and throws them in the trash can. I could not believe this even happened. Marji escapes punishment after an official sees her wearing punk clothing. She had to lie and say that if she doesn't get home on time, then she will be beaten. She was very lucky in this situation. This is such a sad movie about how people had to live during this time. They could not even enjoy a little alcohol. They had to sneak it or make it on their own in order to have it.