Commercial director Tarsem rebounds from his only previous foray into feature film-making, 2000's The Cell, with a more personal visual feast that doesn't need a sordid mainstream thriller to frame it.
Based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name, this Oscar nominated animated feature film is the coming of age story of a young girl in Iran, before, during and after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Michael Haneke's decision to remake his controversial 1997 film Funny Games in English has certainly caused a stir in critical circles, with many big name writers slating the film and branding the director a pretentious hypocrite.