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Marjane
Satrapi film runs for 60th Annual Cannes International Film Festival ( May
16th-27th)
Persepolis in Competition for Cannes Palme d'Or
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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 traditional feature films
to animated ones. However if Persepolis does win then it would be the 2nd
Palme d'Or won by an Iranian filmmaker and particularly 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 film
director's credits with her collaborator Vincent
Paronnaud.
Below
Complete list of competitors for Palm d'Or 2007:
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My Blueberry Nights by Wong Kar-wai
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De l'autre côté by Fath Akin
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No Country For Old Men by Joel
& Ethan Coen
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Zodiac by David Fincher
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We Own The Night by James Gray
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La Forêt de Mogari by Naomi Kawase
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Promise me this by Emir Kusturica
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Secret Sunshine by Lee Chang-dong
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4 mois, 3 semaines et 2 jours by Cristian Mungiu
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Tehilim by Raphaël Nadjari
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Lumière silencieuse by Carlos Reygadas
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Persepolis by
Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
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Import Export by Ulrich Seidl
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Alexandra by Alexander Sokourov
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Death Proof by Quentin Tarantino
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The Man From London by Bela Tarr
-Paranoid Park by Gus Van
Sant
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The Banishment by Andrey Zvyagintsev
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Une Vieille maîtresse by Catherine Breillat
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Les Chansons d'amour by Christophe Honoré
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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
Author's
Notes:
Official
Website of Cannes International Film Festival
Recommended
Viewing :
See first
Official Trailer of film in French on Satrapi's MySpace
website
Recommended
Reading:
Cannes picks Iranian cineaste Karimi for Cinefondation
jury (payvand
news)
SATRAPI LAUNCHES OFFICIAL WEBSITE & PRODUCTION BLOG OF
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