Persepolis (2007)

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Release Year

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Director

Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

Producer

Xavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert

Cast

Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve

Country

France/ Iran

Runtime

96 min

Rating

PG-13

Accessibility

Limited Mobility Access

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PERSEPOLIS is the poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power – forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the “social guardians” and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable.

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