Persepolis (2007)

Persepolis (2007) Movie Reviews
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Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Tilly Mandelbrot, Chiara Mastroianni, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jerosme, Arié Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz, Jean-François Gallotte

Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

Writer: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

Genre: Animation

Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 95 min.

Advisory: for mature thematic material including violent images, sexual references, language and brief drug content

Synopsis: Marjane is precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl who was nine years old during the Islamic Revolution when the fundamentalists first take power--forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. She cleverly outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden, while living with the terror of government persecution and the Iran/Iraq war. Then Marjane's journey moves on to Austria where, as a teenager, her parents send her to school in fear for her safety and, she has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled her country to escape. Marjane eventually gains acceptance in Europe, but finds herself alone and horribly homesick, and returns to Iran to be with her family, although it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age 24, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.

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