Persepolis

Jun 27, 2007

1h 35m

★ 7.9

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Drama

Production Companies

Société des Producteurs de L'Angoa

Sony Pictures Classics

PROCIREP

Soficinéma

France 3 Cinéma

Diaphana Films

Sofica EuropaCorp

Celluloid Dreams

The Kennedy/Marshall Company

La Région Île-de-France

Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma

2.4.7. Films

French Connection Animations

CNC

Persepolis Trailers

Cast

Marjane (voice)

Chiara Mastroianni

Marjane's Grandmother (voice)

Danielle Darrieux

Marjane's Mother (voice)

Catherine Deneuve

Marjane's Father (voice)

Simon Abkarian

Young Marjane (voice)

Gabrielle Lopes Benites

Uncle Anouche (voice)

François Jérosme

Lali (voice)

Tilly Mandelbrot

Walla (voice)

Sophie Arthuys

Walla (voice)

Arié Elmaleh

Walla (voice)

Mathias Mlekuz

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