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Plot:
"Persepolis" is the poignant coming-of-age story
of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins
during the Islamic Revolution. We meet nine-yearold Marjane
when the fundamentalists first take power - forcing the veil
on women and imprisoning thousands; follow 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 on to Austria as a
teenager, where 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.
The French version of the film is voiced by Chiara Mastroianni
as Marjane, as well as Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux
and Simon Abkarian.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co:
2.4.7. Films
France 3 Cinema
The Kennedy / Marshall Company
Franche Connection Animations
Diaphana Distribution
In Association With
Celluloid Dreams
Sofica EuropaCorp
Soficinema
With the Participation of
Centre National De La Cinematographie
La Region Ile-De-France (Supported By)
La Fondation Gan Pour Le Cinema (Supported By)
La Procirep L'Angoa (Supported By)
Release Date:
December 25, 2007 (NY, LA)
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Marjane Satrapi
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Comic Book Info
en.wikipedia.org
MySpace Page - US
www.myspace.com/persepolismovie
MySpace Page - France
www.myspace.com/persepolislefilm
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