Jun 27, 2007
95 min
Full-HD

Persepolis (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.

Category

Animation Drama

Country

France United States of America

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

Chiara Mastroianni

Marjane (voice)

Danielle Darrieux

Marjane's Grandmother (voice)

Catherine Deneuve

Marjane's Mother (voice)

Simon Abkarian

Marjane's Father (voice)

Gabrielle Lopes Benites

Young Marjane (voice)

François Jerosme

Uncle Anouche (voice)

Tilly Mandelbrot

Lali (voice)

Sophie Arthuys

Walla (voice)

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