Persepolis

Persepolis (2007)

2007-06-27 · 95 min · Rating 7.88/10 (2129 votes)

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

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.

Animation Drama

Keywords

1970s adult animation bomb alarm civil war coming of age iranian revolution orient parent child relationship pathetic puberty punk band punk rock totalitarian regime woman director

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