Persepolis
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marjane Satrapi
Chiara Mastroianni
Catherine Deneuve
Danielle Darrieux
Simon Abkarian
Francois Jerosme
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. We meet nine-year-old Marjane when the fundamentalists first take power--forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. The story then follows her as 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, though 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 twenty-four, 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.
Cast
Chiara Mastroianni
Catherine Deneuve
Danielle Darrieux
Simon Abkarian
Francois Jerosme
Gabrielle Lopes
Gena Rowlands
Iggy Pop
Sean Penn
Crew
Samy Bardet
Damien Barrau
Lara Bellini
Olivier Bernet
Olivier Bizet
Franck Bonay
Frederic Boniaud
Jean-yves Castillon
Eric Chevallier
Pascal Chevé
Anais Chevillard
Patrick Cohen
Odile Comon
Celine Coulibeuf
Christina Crassaris
Marion Crepel
Marion Crepel
Sandra Derval
Christian Desmares
Christian Desmares
Frank Ekinci
Serge Elissalde
Florian Fiebig
Jean Charles Finch
Antoine Dartige Du Fournet
David Galante
Aziza Ghalila
Francois Girard
Tara Grace
Emmanuel Guille
Patricia Guilmard
Virginie Hanrigou
Bruno-evalie Helie
Alexandre Hesse
Marc Jousset
Marc Jousset
Kathleen Kennedy
Marianne Lebel
Thierry Lebon
Gregory Lecocq
Alice Lia
Ahmidou Lyazidi
Genevieve Mabire
Nathalie Mathe
Charlotte Mazeran
Celine Merrien
Benoit Meurzec
Damien Millereau
Thierry Million
Thierry Million
Pierre Minoux
Franck Miyet
Geraldine Le Moigne
Adeline Monin
Adeline Monin
Arnaud Moritz
Marisa Musy
Marisa Musy
Francois Nabos
Vincent Paronnaud
Nicolas Pawlowski
Thierry Peres
Sylvie Peyrucq
Delphine Portheault
Xavier Rigault
Marc-antoine Robert
Stephane Roche
Stephane Roche
Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi
Jules Stromboni
Alexis Venet
Louis Viali
Louis Viau
Denis Walgenwitz
Jing Wang
Remi Zaarour
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Animated Feature Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the KPN Audience Award at the 2008 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Co-winner of the 2007 award for Best Animation by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
Co-winner of the 2007 Bvlgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Co-winner of the Jury Prize Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Winner of the 2007 award for Best Animated Film by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).
Winner of the Rogers People's Choice Audience Award for Most Popular International Film at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Winner of the Sutherland Trophy at the 2007 Times BFI London Film Festival.
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2007
Limited Release in United States April 11, 2008
Released in United States on Video June 24, 2008
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States November 2007
Released in United States 2008
Shown at New York Film Festival (Closing Night) September 28-October 14, 2007.
Shown at Times BFI London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 17-November 1, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Special Presentations) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time & Tide) January 23-February 3, 2008.
Based on the graphic novels "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" and "Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return" by Marjane Satrapi; published by Pantheon April 29, 2003 and August 31, 2004.
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2007
Limited Release in United States April 11, 2008 (English language version)
Released in United States on Video June 24, 2008
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at New York Film Festival (Closing Night) September 28-October 14, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 3, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Times BFI London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 17-November 1, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Special Presentations) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States November 2007 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Special Screenings) November 1-11, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time & Tide) January 23-February 3, 2008.)
The Country of France
