Release Date: 2007-06-27
Overview: 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.
Rating: 7.887 / 10
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)
Vincent Paronnaud - Screenplay
Marjane Satrapi - Director
Stéphane Roche - Editor
Olivier Bernet - Original Music Composer
Marc Jousset - Art Direction
"Marji" is a young girl growing up in Iran just as the imperial Pahlavi regime is toppled and the birth of the Islamic republic proclaimed. Optimism is the order of the day, with everyone hoping the n...