Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi (November 22, 1969 – June 4, 2026) was a French-Iranian graphic novellist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the 2000–03 autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis and its 2007 film adaptation; the... Read full bio →
Poulet aux prunes
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
Persepolis
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.