Hey folks, Harry here... I know that sometimes, when I pull an AICN SECRET SCREENING people are automatically thinking something BIG and MAINSTREAM... but sometimes, what I'm programming is something that's just frigging BRILLIANT. That was the case this year at FANTASTIC FEST when I got Sony Classics to allow us to screen for the first time in the United States... PERSEPOLIS. Back when I saw the film, I stated that it should win the award for Best Animated film... and as much as I love BEOWULF & RATATOUILLE... this traditionally animated brilliant work. The complaint I heard from some was wondering aloud why it was animated? The reason is simple. The story is epic, but it is told and adapted in the best form given that it is adapted from a Graphic Novel - of the same look and style. What's particularly remarkable about the film is how it engages us to see a young girl growing up the turmoil of war ravaged and ideologically stormy Iran.... and to see her and her family as we would our own, but the regime that they're living under. It's funny, traumatic, sad and absolutely captivating. The style in which it is animated is absolutely classic. Great look. Check out this trailer and see the film when it comes to a theater near you.

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