Persepolis [blu-ray dvd] / 2.4.7. Films ; in association with Celluloid Dreams, Sony Pictures Classics, Sofica Europacorp, Soficinéma ; in co-production with Kennedy/Marshall Company, France 3 Cinéma, French Connection Animations, Diaphana Films ; with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie ; with the support of Région Ile-de-France, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Procirep, Angoa-Agicoa ; produced by Xavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert ; screenplay by Vincent Paronnaud ; comic & screenplay by Marjane Satrapi ; directed by Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi.
Format:
[blu-ray dvd] /
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Blu-ray Disc. Title from container. Voices: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes, François Jerosme, Arié Elmalah, Mathias Mlekuz. Based on the novel by Marjane Satrapi. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Summary:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witnesses first hand how the new Iran 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. This change proves an equally difficult trial for Marji and finds 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 her homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.
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