Persepolis

06/27/2007

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1hr 35min

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Animation

,Drama

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

Cast

Chiara Mastroianni
Danielle Darrieux
Catherine Deneuve
Simon Abkarian
Gabrielle Lopes Benites

Directors

Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi
Vitaliy Versace

INFORMATION

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

Production Countries

France
United States of America

LANGUAGES

German
French
Persian

Cast

Chiara Mastroianni

Marjane (voice)

Danielle Darrieux

Marjane's Grandmother (voice)

Catherine Deneuve

Marjane's Mother (voice)

Simon Abkarian

Marjane's Father (voice)

Gabrielle Lopes Benites

Young Marjane (voice)

François Jerosme

Uncle Anouche (voice)

Tilly Mandelbrot

Lali (voice)

Sophie Arthuys

Walla (voice)

Arié Elmaleh

Walla (voice)

Mathias Mlekuz

Walla (voice)

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