Persepolis
2007FranceLanguage: frDirected by Vincent Paronnaud★ 7.9
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholicdark comedyhauntinghopefulbleak
Pacing
episodicslow burnescalating
Story
journeyunravelingsurvivalrebellion
Emotion
loss of innocencefiguring out who you arebelonginggrieflonginginjustice
Themes
life under oppressionfamily wounds passed downreligion and faithcaught between worldsmen and women navigating expectationsnational identityfamily duty
Feel
quietly hauntingcatharticdiscussion starteremotionally wreckingcerebral
Violence
moderate