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Sony Pictures has bought the North American film rights to "Persepolis", a comic book about growing up in Iran during its Islamic revolution, the British movie magazine Screen International reported Wednesday.
The production, to be co-directed by the comic's author, Marjane Satrapi, will be voiced by Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve and Simon Abkarian in the French version. An English-language version is also to be recorded.
"Persepolis" was a hit in France -- where Satrapi now lives -- when it was first published, with many critics praising the artistry of its black-and-white images.
The book tells the story of Satrapi's childhood in Tehran during the overthrow of the Shah, the Islamic revolution and the Iran-Iraq war through strips that recounted episodes in her life and her changing society.
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AFP 241055 GMT 05 06
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