Persepolis
- Studio
- 2.4.7. Films
Co-Produced By: The Kennedy/Marshall Company, France 3 Cinéma, French Connection Animations, Diaphana Films
In Association With: Celluloid Dreams, Sony Pictures Classics, Sofica Europacorp, Soficinéma - Distributor
- Sony Pictures Classics, Diaphana Films
Synopsis
A poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic revolution.
It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power- forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians," and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed, and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran-Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable.
As she gets older, Marjane's boldness causes her parents to worry over her continued safety. And so, at age 14, they make the difficult decision to send her to school in Austria. Vulnerable and alone in a strange land, she endures the typical ordeals of a teenager. In addition, Marjane has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism that she fled her country to escape. Over time, she gains acceptance, and she even experiences love, but after high school, she finds herself alone and horribly homesick.
Though it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society, Marjane decides to return to Iran to be close to her family. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, all the while continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age 24, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heart-breaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.
It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power- forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians," and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed, and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran-Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable.
As she gets older, Marjane's boldness causes her parents to worry over her continued safety. And so, at age 14, they make the difficult decision to send her to school in Austria. Vulnerable and alone in a strange land, she endures the typical ordeals of a teenager. In addition, Marjane has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism that she fled her country to escape. Over time, she gains acceptance, and she even experiences love, but after high school, she finds herself alone and horribly homesick.
Though it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society, Marjane decides to return to Iran to be close to her family. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, all the while continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age 24, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heart-breaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.
Characters
Marjane "Marji" Satrapi, Mrs. Satrapi (Marjane's Mother), Marjane's Grandmother, Mr. Satrapi (Marjane's Father), Anouche, Lali
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Producing
- Producer
- Xavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert
- Co-Producer
- Tara Grace
- Executive Producers
- Marc Jousset, Kathleen Kennedy
Writing
- Writer
- Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
- Comic
- Marjane Satrapi
- Novel
- Marjane Satrapi
Animation
- Animator
- Damien Barrau (2D)
- Layout Supervisor
- Jung Wang
Voices
- Voice
- Chiara Mastroianni (Marjane "Marji" Satrapi as a Teenager and a Woman), Catherine Deneuve (Mrs. Satrapi [Marjane's Mother]), Danielle Darrieux (Marjane's Grandmother), Simon Abkarian (Mr. Satrapi [Marjane's Father]), Gabrielle Lopes Benites (Marjane as a Child), François Jerosme (Anouche), Tilly Mandelbrot (Lali), Arié Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz, Jean-François Gallotte, Stéphane Foenkinos
- English Version
- Chiara Mastroianni (Marjane), Catherine Deneuve (Mother), Gena Rowlands (Grandmother), Sean Penn (Father), Iggy Pop (Uncle Anouche)
Music
- Music
- Olivier Bernet
Editing
- Editor
- Stéphane Roche
- Color Timer
- Christian Dutac
Crew
- Production Design
- Marisa Musy
- Production Manager
- Olivier Bizet
- Art Director
- Marc Jousset
- Lead Background Artist
- Thierry Million
- Sound Editor
- Samy Bardet
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Samy Bardet, Thierry Lebon
- Foley Artists
- Jacques Defrance, Philippe Penot
- ADR Mixer
- Greg Steele
- Scanning Operator
- Jimmy Capron
- Supervision Trace
- Frank Mivet
- Animatics
- Stéphane Roche
- Voice Casting
- Sylvie Peyrucq
- Sound Mix
- Dolby Laboratories
- Public Relations (U.S.A.)
- Donna Daniels Public Relations
- International Sales
- Dreamachine
- World Sales Head (Celluloid Dreams)
- Hengameh Panahi
- Participation
- Centre National de la Cinématographie
- Support
- Région Ile-de-France, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Procirep, Angoa-Agicoa
Production notes
Made entirely with hand-drawn animation.
Based on Marjane Satrapi's comic-book memoir "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood."
Release date is that of screening at the Cannes Film Festival; general French release was June 27, 2007.
Satrapi oversaw a team of 85 animators: "All my life I've worked with myself- and I found that unbearable."
Soundtrack: "Eye of the Tiger," Written and Performed by Survivor, "Roses de Sud" (Rosen aus dem Süden), Opus 338, Composed by Johann Strauss; "Marche Persane," Opus 284, Composed by Johann Strauss.
Based on Marjane Satrapi's comic-book memoir "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood."
Release date is that of screening at the Cannes Film Festival; general French release was June 27, 2007.
Satrapi oversaw a team of 85 animators: "All my life I've worked with myself- and I found that unbearable."
Soundtrack: "Eye of the Tiger," Written and Performed by Survivor, "Roses de Sud" (Rosen aus dem Süden), Opus 338, Composed by Johann Strauss; "Marche Persane," Opus 284, Composed by Johann Strauss.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Feature, 2008.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2008.
Nominee, Annie Award, Directing in an Animated Feature Production, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, 2008.
Nominee, Annie Award, Music in an Animated Feature Production, Olivier Bernet, 2008.
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, 2008.
Jury Prize (Tied), Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, Cannes Film Festival, 2007.
Nominee, Golden Palm, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Cannes Film Festival, 2007.
Special Jury Prize, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Cinemanila International Film Festival, 2007.
Mercury Filmworks Prize For Best Animated Feature, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2007
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2008.
Nominee, Annie Award, Directing in an Animated Feature Production, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, 2008.
Nominee, Annie Award, Music in an Animated Feature Production, Olivier Bernet, 2008.
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, 2008.
Jury Prize (Tied), Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, Cannes Film Festival, 2007.
Nominee, Golden Palm, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Cannes Film Festival, 2007.
Special Jury Prize, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Cinemanila International Film Festival, 2007.
Mercury Filmworks Prize For Best Animated Feature, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2007