Talking Movies: Persepolis director explores life after death

3 May 2012 Last updated at 00:36 ET Help

Five years ago Iranian-born filmmaker Marjane Satrapi was in the limelight with the success of her Oscar-nominated animation Persepolis.

Now she is back on the festival circuit with another film on release called Chicken With Plums, a live action picture.

Talking Movies' Tom Brook reports.

Talking Movies is broadcast on BBC World News on Saturday at 13:30 GMT and is repeated on Sunday at 00:30, 07:30 and 20:30 BST.

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