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The film Iran didn't want the world to see. - Persepolis
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Title: Persepolis

Release Date: 27 Jun 2007

Runtime: 1h 35m

Genre: Animation, Drama

Director: 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

Production 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

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.897 (1961 votes)

Cast

  • Marjane (voice): Chiara Mastroianni
  • Marjane's Grandmother (voice): Danielle Darrieux
  • Marjane's Mother (voice): Catherine Deneuve
  • Marjane's Father (voice): Simon Abkarian
  • Young Marjane (voice): Gabrielle Lopes Benites
  • Uncle Anouche (voice): François Jerosme
  • Lali (voice): Tilly Mandelbrot
  • Walla (voice): Sophie Arthuys
  • Walla (voice): Arié Elmaleh
  • Walla (voice): Mathias Mlekuz
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