Persepolis (2007)

• 95 min

7.9

The film Iran didn't want the world to see.

Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Casting: Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jérosme, Tilly Mandelbrot, Sophie Arthuys, Arié Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz
Countries: France, United States of America
Premiere: 2007-06-27
Status: Released

Tags: puberty, civil war, parent child relationship, 1970s, totalitarian regime, punk rock, bomb alarm, coming of age, orient, adult animation, punk band, woman director, iranian revolution, pathetic

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.