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Persepolis (2007) -- Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   21,773 votes
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Writers:
Marjane Satrapi (comic)
Vincent Paronnaud (scenario)
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Release Date:
27 June 2007 (France) more
Plot:
Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins & 25 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(40 articles)
The Queen and I (Drottningen och jag)
 (From Scorecard Review. 27 August 2009, 2:10 AM, PDT)

Top illustrators enter charity contest
 (From digitalspy. 6 August 2009, 10:55 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
A very personal yet universal account of the Iranian revolution more (111 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Chiara Mastroianni ... Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi, as a teenager and a woman (voice)

Catherine Deneuve ... Mrs. Satrapi - Marjane's mother (voice)
Danielle Darrieux ... Marjane's grandmother (voice)
Simon Abkarian ... Mr. Satrapi - Marjane's father (voice)
Gabrielle Lopes Benites ... Marjane as a child (voice)
François Jerosme ... Uncle Anouche (voice)
Sophie Arthuys ... (voice)
Jean-François Gallotte
Arié Elmaleh ... (voice)
Mathias Mlekuz ... (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stéphane Foenkinos
Amethyste Frezignac ... Marjane as a child (voice: English version)
Tilly Mandelbrot ... Lali (voice)

Sean Penn ... Mr. Satrapi - Marjane's father (voice: English version)
Iggy Pop ... Uncle Anouche (voice: English version)

Gena Rowlands ... Marjane's grandmother (voice: English version)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material including violent images, sexual references, language and brief drug content.
Runtime:
96 min | Turkey:89 min (TV version)
Country:
France | USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
2.4.7. Films more

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Trivia:
Iran's government sent a letter to the French embassy in Tehran to protest against the movie and pressured the organizers of the 2007 Bangkok Film Festival to drop it from the lineup. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The departures board at Paris Orly at the beginning has Cincinnati misspelled as "Cincinatti". more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Airport receptionist: Ticket and passport, please.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2009) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Marche Persanne more

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90 out of 107 people found the following comment useful.
A very personal yet universal account of the Iranian revolution, 19 August 2007
8/10
Author: Graham Inglis from Paris, France

I came out of this movie feeling as if I knew Marjane Satrapi. The way in which the story is told is fantastic - it really is as if you're reading her journal. As she grows up from being a young girl to an adult, at each age the story is told with a corresponding maturity, and highlighting things which seem like very personal memories. As a young girl, the stories she is told are very black and white, and as she gets older the complexity increases, which is exactly what you would expect. Although there is lots of political activity, she makes fun of herself and highlights her own shortcomings as much as she highlights the repressive elements in her homeland. By telling of her own experiences it really is extremely easy to see how so much of it is common to a whole generation of Iranians. Her love of her family and her country came across very strongly, and you really felt as if she had laid herself bare. A moving and entertaining movie as much as it is educational about post-1979 Iran.

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