Persepolis

Persepolis

95 mins | Drama, Animation | June 27, 2007

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi 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.

Persepolis

95 mins | Drama, Animation | June 27, 2007

Persepolis
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi 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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Sony Pictures Classics, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, PROCIREP, Soficinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Diaphana Films, Sofica Europacorp, Celluloid Dreams, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Région Ile-de-France, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, 2.4.7. Films, French Connection Animations, Société des Producteurs de L'Angoa
Original title Persepolis
Directors Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Writers Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud

Cast

Chiara Mastroianni

as Marjane (voice)

Danielle Darrieux

as Marjane's Grandmother (voice)

Catherine Deneuve

as Marjane's Mother (voice)

Simon Abkarian

as Marjane's Father (voice)

Gabrielle Lopes Benites

as Young Marjane (voice)

François Jerosme

as Uncle Anouche (voice)

Tilly Mandelbrot

as Lali (voice)

Sophie Arthuys

as Walla (voice)

Arié Elmaleh

as Walla (voice)

Mathias Mlekuz

as Walla (voice)