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 Entertainment | May 2007 
Cartoon on Iran, Mexican Movie Share Cannes Jury Prize
 Agence France Presse
| | Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi celebrates after winning with French director Vincent Paronnaud the Grand Jury prize for the animated film 'Persepolis' during the Closing ceremony of the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France. (AFP/Valery Hache) |
Cannes, France - A biting animation about a young girl's life under Iran's ayatollahs and a thoughtful movie about faith and death amid a Mennonite community in Mexico shared the Cannes festival's third prize, the Jury Prize on Sunday.
"Persepolis", a black-and-white animated feature by Marjane Satrapi, is based on her best-selling eponymous comic-book series.
"Even if this is a universal film, I want to dedicate this prize to all Iranians," Satrapi told AFP this week.
"Stellet Licht" by Mexico's Carlos Reygadas is set amid one of the conservative Protestant group's farming communities in Mexico.
It recounts the torment of a man torn between his wife and a secret love, looking at faith and the family. |
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