CRITICS’ PICKS

Adapted from Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, “Persepolis” tells the story of a girl growing up in Tehran in the 1970s and ‘80s. The daughter of a cosmopolitan, liberal family, Marjane sees family members imprisoned for being communists by the shah, then sees them executed by Islamic revolutionaries. She’s a witness to history from overthrow to war. Outspoken and free-spirited, Marjane is a danger to herself in a society as repressive as the ayatollah’s Iran, and her family sends her to boarding school in Europe. Intensely personal and universal at once, “Persepolis” is a story about identity, exile and fate.