Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis is a 2007 French-language animation movie directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, with a running time of 1h 35m. It stars Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux and Catherine Deneuve.
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.
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Cast
- Chiara Mastroianni as Marjane (voice)
- Danielle Darrieux as Marjane's Grandmother (voice)
- Catherine Deneuve as Marjane's Mother (voice)
- Simon Abkarian as Marjane's Father (voice)
- Gabrielle Lopes Benites as Young Marjane (voice)
- François Jérosme as Uncle Anouche (voice)
- Tilly Mandelbrot as Lali (voice)
- Sophie Arthuys as Walla (voice)
- Arié Elmaleh as Walla (voice)
- Mathias Mlekuz as Walla (voice)