Persepolis (2007)

The film Iran didn't want the world to see.

96 min★ 8.0 · 107,291 votes

• Animation
• Biography
• Drama

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.

Release date

May 23, 2007

Country of origin

France

Budget

$7,300,000

Box office

$22,783,990