Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling Comic Books are now brought to Screen as an animated Feature starring Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroiani for the voice overs. The French produced movie to be distributed by Sony Pictures in the United States is now running for the Palme d’Or (the most prestigious film Award in the World with the American Oscars) in the upcoming Cannes International Film Festival that will be celebrating its 60th anniversary and the Head of the Jury will be director Stephen Frears(The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons).
What are the chances for Satrapi’s film Persepolis in this year’s competition? That is hard to say for the time being but it would certainly be an achievement for an animated film to be in a selection that favors films to animated ones. Also if Persepolis does win it would be the 2nd Palme d’Or won by an Iranian filmmaker exactly ten years after Abbas Kiarostami in 1997. However the film will be running for the French colors since it is produced by two French Studio’s Pumpkin 3D & Bibo Productions. Satrapi also shares the films director credits with her collaborator Vincent Paronnaud.
Below Complete list of competitors for Palm d’Or 2007:
- My Blueberry Nights by Wong Kar-wai
- De l'autre côté by Fath Akin
- No Country For Old Men by Joel & Ethan Coen
- Zodiac by David Fincher
- We Own The Night by James Gray
- La Forêt de Mogari by Naomi Kawase
- Promise me this by Emir Kusturica
- Secret Sunshine by Lee Chang-dong
- 4 mois, 3 semaines et 2 jours by Cristian Mungiu
- Tehilim by Raphaël Nadjari
- Lumière silencieuse by Carlos Reygadas
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
- Import Export by Ulrich Seidl
- Alexandra by Alexander Sokourov
- Death Proof by Quentin Tarantino
- The Man From London by Bela Tarr
- Paranoid Park by Gus Van Sant
- The Banishment by Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Une Vieille maîtresse by Catherine Breillat
- Les Chansons d'amour by Christophe Honoré
- Le Scaphandre et le papillon by Julian Schnabel
Out of Competition:
Ocean's 13 by Steven Soderbergh starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino and Andy Garcia. Michael Moore will also present his latest documentary.
Good Luck Marjane and Vincent!
VIVE LE CINEMA
Recommended Reading:
NIKI KARIMI SELECTED AS PART OF CANNES JURY 2007 BY DARIUS KADIVAR
SATRAPI LAUNCHES OFFICIAL WEBSITE & PRODUCTION BLOG OF PERSEPOLIS BY DARIUS KADIVAR
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