Persepolis (2007)

PG-1306/27/2007Animation, Drama1h 35m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Chiara Mastroianni

    Marjane (voice)

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    Danielle Darrieux

    Marjane's Grandmother (voice)

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    Catherine Deneuve

    Marjane's Mother (voice)

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    Simon Abkarian

    Marjane's Father (voice)

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    Gabrielle Lopes Benites

    Young Marjane (voice)

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    François Jérosme

    Uncle Anouche (voice)

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    Tilly Mandelbrot

    Lali (voice)

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    Sophie Arthuys

    Walla (voice)

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    Arié Elmaleh

    Walla (voice)

"Marji" is a young girl growing up in Iran just as the imperial Pahlavi regime is toppled and the birth of the Islamic republic proclaimed. Optimism is the order of the day, with everyone hoping the new government will represent new freedoms and liberties for all. Ha! Fat chance, as they say, and things start to become a bit dangerous for this honest and outspoken girl. To avert a familial disaster, her parents manage to get her studying in Vienna, but once there she finds herself immersed in a culture that is alien to her and one that doesn't live up to her (rather naive) expectations. Now sh...