— Persepolis

Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, is an animation with the voices of Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Chiara Mastroianni, Iggy Pop.

It’s an expressionistic piece, minimally drawn in black and white, featuring the life of a young Iranian girl. On one level a coming-of-age story, it is outspokenly political, showing the hopes of everyday people for the Iranian revolution, and the ways in which those hopes have disintegrated in the face of the reality of life ordered by a tiny group of fundamentalists.
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— Volver - the film

At Cannes the Best Actress Award was given to “a family of actresses”, to the six actresses in Pedro Almodovar’s film Volver: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo and Blanca Portillo. Almodovar was given the award for Best Script.

I find myself waiting for films and books with certain signatures. This was [...]