Films on the Green 2026 | Portland

Join us in the garden of Mother Foucault’s Bookshop for an evening celebrating French culture across borders, as part of the inaugural fall French program of L’École Buissonnière. The evening will open with a French-language Café Littéraire exploring Francophone literature, exile, identity, and artistic expression, followed by the outdoor screening of Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed animated film.

Persepolis
Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Starring Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux
In French with English Subtitles.
2007, PG-13, 1h35, France

A coming-of-age story told through the eyes of Marjane, a young Iranian girl growing up in Tehran and Vienna. She avidly follows the events that lead to the Iranian revolution and the downfall of the Shah’s regime. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Marjane comes to see herself as a revolutionary…
Based on the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, L’Association, 2000, France.

Free and open to the public (No ticket required but RSVP encouraged).

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