Before watching this movie, I had no idea what I was in for. I knew nothing about what the movie was about, I just hit the play button and watched. Not being a history person and not knowing too much about what life was like in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, the film was a shock to me.
Don't get me wrong, I loved this movie. This may go down on a list of my top 10. The way the animation makes watching such tough topics fun to watch and learn about, without feeling like a documentary is amazing. The plotline was so easy to follow. The animation style also helped with the 'numbing' of the topic. With such a political and harsh topic, making a movie that's not as harsh can be difficult to pull off. The black and white colors and the simplistic but recognizable characters were very well done.
The art style is almost where they can talk about anything controversial. I brought this up in class, but a little girl is sitting at the table while the adults talk about things I never heard about at her age. Death, jail, politics. All hard conversations to talk with a child sitting next to you. I'm not sure if it's a cultural difference, or for plot lines. But I didn't think about it at first, how it almost seemed normal with the help of black and white animation
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