Persepolis (2007)

Release date: 2008-02-22
Country: France|USA
Language: French|English|Persian|German
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Production Co: 2.4.7. Films, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Genre: War, Drama, Animation, Biography, History
Rating: 8.0/10
Length: 1h 36min

Storyline

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. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.

Plot Keywords

iran, 1970s, based on comic book, repression, grandmother granddaughter relationship, 1990s, 1980s, based on graphic novel, year 1978, year 1982, year 1986, female protagonist, f rated, passport, penis joke, pills, pipe smoking, nihilism, mother son relationship, missile

Short Review

Persepolis is, in its way, a hymn to the enduring influence of family, particularly during a time in which the state is attempting to seize all hearts, minds and instincts for itself.