"Persépolis"
: da realidade ao filme de animação auto-biográfico

  • Mara-Cristina Ungureanu (Student)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis

Abstract

This dissertation consists of a detailed analysis of the cinematographic work "Persepolis" (2007) by Marjane Satrapi, an autobiographical subject that takes place during the Islamic revolution, the war between Iran and Iraq and the post war period. It also analyses the book with the same name, which originated the film. There is an attempt to establish a connection between "Persepolis" (2007) and "Ghiocel" (2015). "Ghiocel" (2015) is the animated short film created as the masters' final project. This short film is a drama, with the duration of 5 minutes, based on actual events that happened in the 70's Romania, dealing with the relationship between mother and daughter. Its main theme is universal: the loss of a loved one. This theme was chosen because of the simplicity and the purity of the story, and the desire to try to recreate it in order to move other people as well. Considering the comic books and Marjane Satrapi's film as the primary sources of information, different aspects were analysed - story and script, color, drawing, character's attributes -, trying to highlight the items or the characteristics with direct incidence and/or bigger repercussions in the animated film. For a better understanding of her work a brief biography of Marjane Satrapi and some historical data of Iran is also presented.
Date of Award27 Jul 2015
Original languagePortuguese
Awarding Institution
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa
SupervisorSahra Kunz (Supervisor)

Keywords

  • Satrapi
  • Persépolis
  • Comic book
  • Animation
  • Drama

Designation

  • Mestrado em Som e Imagem

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