Vincent Paronnaud

Winner of Cannes' top prize is unanimous

cnn.com     May 25, 2008   221 related          

"The Class" is first French film to win Palme d'Or since 1987 Movie, directed by Laurent Cantet, uses real students, teachers at junior high school Benicio Del Toro won the best-actor prize for Steven Soderbergh's "Che" CANNES, France (AP) -- The French film "The Class," a frank tale about...                    

Classroom drama wins Cannes' prize (Entertainment)

castanet.net     May 25, 2008   4 related          

The Associated Press CANNES, France -- The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honors Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Laurent Cantet, "The Class" was the first French film to win the main...                    

Persepolis

johnbakersblog.co.uk     May 12, 2008   3 related          

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...                    

Don't look now

newstatesman.co.uk     May 1, 2008   4 related          

A gender-bending teen drama plays with the viewer's role as voyeurXXY (15)dir: Lucía Puenzo ... dir: Lucía Puenzo To be he or not to be he? The 15-year-old Alex (Inés Efrón), who lives on an island near Uruguay, has been raised as female by her overprotective father...                    

More than a black-and-white story

spiked-online.com     Apr 30, 2008          

The screen adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis intelligently shows us the impact of the Iranian revolution on one bright, ambitious girl. ... Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s debut movie, Persepolis, is moving, entertaining and ultimately life-affirming....                    

A partial history

guardian.co.uk     Apr 29, 2008          

Masoud Golsorkhi: Persepolis, for all its strengths, leaves an important part of Iran's story untold: the suffering of the vast majority of poor Iranians ... Persepolis, for all its strengths, leaves an important part of Iran's story untold: the suffering of the vast...                    

Film of the week: Persepolis

guardian.co.uk     Apr 27, 2008          

Philip French: A film about a girl growing up in Tehran makes the transition from comic strip to big screen with ease and exuberant humour ... A film about a girl growing up in Tehran makes the transition from comic strip to big screen with ease and exuberant humour...                    

Film reviews: Persepolis and Forgetting Sarah Marshall

telegraph.co.uk     Apr 26, 2008   4 related          

Jenny McCartney reviews the latest cinema releases. ... Films about children trapped in politically perilous times tend to be crafted from an adult perspective that is keenly aware of the poignancy of their plight. Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, her cartoon memoir of her...                    

Film reviews: Forgettable offering fails to make the most of Apatow connections

scotsman.com     Apr 25, 2008          

JUST as the recent Drillbit Taylor was a less-funny riff on Superbad, so this latest comedy to be released under the Judd Apatow imprimatur is a redux version of Knocked Up in ... which the law of diminishing returns also applies. FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (15) DIRECTED...                    

Children of the revolution

newstatesman.co.uk     Apr 24, 2008          

A minimalist animation sheds light on the muddle of modern IranPersepolis (12A)dirs: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi ... dirs: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi Even the best cinema adaptations of graphic novels, such as American Splendour, Ghost World or Ping Pong,...