Persepolis

Category: Movies •

Genre: Animation • Drama •

Rating: 7.884

Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud,

Writer: Vincent Paronnaud (Screenplay), Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi (Story),

Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jérosme, Tilly Mandelbrot, Sophie Arthuys, Arié Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz,

Language: fr

Country: USA

Release Date: June 27, 2007

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.