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Persepolis

Cast

Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian View All


Crew

Vincent Paronnaud (Screenplay), Vincent Paronnaud (Director), Marjane Satrapi (Screenplay), Marjane Satrapi (Director) View All

Release: Jun. 27th, 2007
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
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.
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4 Persepolis
Watched this tonight. It wasn't what I'd expected. From the trailer I thought it would be an Iranian Daria showing us political inanities. There was some of that, just not as much as I wanted or to ...

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mark f
(Don't get too worried though; sure, it's an adult-themed film, but it's only rated PG-13.) There are also many touching moments involving Marjane's family, often because the family has always been Marxist and therefore, they've always had family members in jail or killed.
Zotis
The film was based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel, and it defintely had documentary-esque vibes.
ahwell
Most of it uses minimalist, 2D, black and white images to portray the stark situation and life of Marjane, or Marji.


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