Persepolis

Persepolis

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

2007 fr 95 minutes

Rating: 7.878

Plot

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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Cast

Chiara Mastroianni

Chiara Mastroianni

Marjane (voice)

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux

Marjane's Grandmother (voice)

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Marjane's Mother (voice)

Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Marjane's Father (voice)

Gabrielle Lopes Benites

Gabrielle Lopes Benites

Young Marjane (voice)

François Jérosme

François Jérosme

Uncle Anouche (voice)

Tilly Mandelbrot

Tilly Mandelbrot

Lali (voice)

Sophie Arthuys

Sophie Arthuys

Walla (voice)

Arié Elmaleh

Arié Elmaleh

Walla (voice)

Mathias Mlekuz

Mathias Mlekuz

Walla (voice)

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