Persepolis

See it...

This was an excellent movie that I highly recommend as would, I believe, everyone else I saw it with. While the cartoon style of the movie might make you think this is not the movie for you (this is what I thought I must admit), take my word for it, you will love this movie--animation and all...it actually works really well because it allows attention to be drawn to aspects that you might otherwise not see. The story is fabulous and a great deal of the history of Iran is learned through watching Marjane's struggles...now I want to read the books.