PERSÉPOLIS or another story of self exile

All of us know how it feels to love the country we're coming from.
Many of us feel rootless when living in a different country.
However,
... only a few of us choose a definitive self-motivated exile.

Thanks to my dear brother for sharing this movie with me!

Imagina dejar tu pais y familia por buscar una nueva vida en el extranjero.

Todos sabemos que no debe ser muy sencillo porque mas tarde o mas temprano habremos de regresar. Pero que pasa cuando por ningun motivo querrias regresar... Muchos ejemplos a lo largo de la historia ilustran lo que muchas personas han hecho motivadas por guerras, dictaduras o pobreza; cuando eligen el exilio.

Una mas de esas historias es contada por Marjane Satrapi en su libro "Persépolis" una novela grafica que se publico en el año 2000. La misma que en 2007 se convirtio en una emotiva pelicula animada que nos da una idea clara de lo que significaba vivir en Iran antes y depués de que el Fundamentalismo Islamico reinara en el pais.

Aqui es cuando personas como yo aceptan lo poco que saben de la historia de Iran... sin embargo, al menos he dado un pequeño paso adelante absorbiendo lo que la pelicula me ha enseñado.

Si a alguien le interesa, aqui esta el link para ver la pelicula COMPLETA en YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l5HZFQMHoA

Imagine leaving you country and family looking for a new life abroad.

We all know is difficult but that is possible (specially us) because soon or later we're going back. However, how to deal with the idea that by no means you're going back home... World History has many ways to ilustrate what people do motivated by war, dictatorship or poverty; when choose exile over family.

Another of this true stories is shared by Marjane Satrapi on her work "Persépolis", a graphic novel released on 2000. Which later on, in 2007 produced a beautiful animated movie that gives us a clearer idea of what was living in Iran after and before Islamic Fundamentalism ruled the country.

Here is when I need to say, that besides the subject is difficult to explain gets even more complicated when I accept how little I know about Iran's history, Islamic Fundamentalism, Iran-Iraq War, "The Gulf War", and so on.

Let's learn about it, and see what can we share with you after watching the movie next meeting.

Below is the link to the movie in YouTube if you want to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l5HZFQMHoA