The good movie to actually watch ! Persepolis

I don't know what Persepolis means, but its just a great movie. Showing the Iranian war scene through a 9 year old, the movie is a breathtaking account of the changes in customs a country goes through in war. Very contemporary (With some similar style of Southpark series), the movie aims at associating everyone for the particular question- do you have a choice?

The direction and screenplay is brilliant, for a comic. The benefit of using just 2 colors in the movie is imminent. Just by showing shades of whites, the plot undergoes through the lighter moments of life and then follows the blacks with difficult phases of life. Its something which everyone has experienced in life, the unending struggle against life, the ups and downs of the tide which one rides on. The message is evident, Be yourself! The movie aims to be emphasize the importance of being yourself and not yielding away in pressure.

The protagonist, a forceful girl with no fear in heart against the world shows the Iranian society from her eyes. The modernist thinking clashes with the conservative 'religious' clergy, police and many more, only to realize that their motives are not exactly religious, but selfishly modern too. What is most important is the character of a girl. The child, who dreams of being a nun and doing justice to all finds herself too complicated for the society. With the pressures of love and loneliness in her mind (am sure any girl will relate to marji in it), she just reflects the messy life of a normal girl in the indian society. While there are innumerable things aptly embedded into the movie, the plot unfolds almost perfectly. For example, the visit by marji to the grave of his uncle just to justify that she's decided to be truthful to herself the rest of her life.

Am impressed with the whole idea, the execution and the editing of the story. bravo! PS: English subtitles are the only way to watch it. Someone should dub in English and release in the western society.