Persepolis
The film Iran didn't want the world to see.
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.
- Director
- Marjane Satrapi
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $23M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
10 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How Persepolis actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Persepolis returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $23M
- Release date
- Jun 27, 2007
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, Persian
- Country
- France, United States of America
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