Ciné-rencontre: Persepolis and talk, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 14:30 Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Tourcoing screens Persepolis, followed by a talk with Asal Bagheri, a doctor in semiology and language sciences who specialises in Iranian cinema. The film, made by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi in 2007, runs 1h35 and won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival and the César for best first film and best adaptation. Drawn from Satrapi's autobiographical novel, the animated story follows a young Iranian girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution, sent to a school in Austria, and later leaving Iran again for France. The voices include Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve and Simon Abkarian. The session is part of the third Docs en vue festival, themed on Iranian cinema, and runs from 14:30 to 16:30. There is a single ticket price of 4 euros. A screening followed by a talk is easy to attend alone, as the discussion gives people something to share. «Dans le cadre de la 3e édition du festival Docs en vue, sur le thème du cinéma iranien.» Starts 14:30, ends about 16:30. Source: OpenAgenda — Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (open data). The record gives a single ticket price of 4 euros and the session as 14:30 to 16:30.
