Persepolis
The film Iran didn't want the world to see
Country
Production
Budget
$7 300 000
Box office
$22 783 990
Director
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Actors
Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, François Jerosme, Tilly Mandelbrot, Sophie Arthuys, Arié Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Vincent Paronnaud
Producer
Xavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert, Kathleen Kennedy, Marc Jousset, Vitaliy Versace
Camera operator
Composer
Olivier Bernet
Artist
Zaza, Florian Fiebig, Rèmi Zaarour
Audition
Editing
Stéphane Roche
Whole Team (46)
Whole Team (46)
Short description
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi 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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The Iranian government sent a letter to the French embassy in Tehran requesting a ban on the film's screening, and also put pressure on organizers to remove the film from the Bangkok film festival program.
- Lebanese authorities banned the film's distribution as "offensive to Iran and the Islamic world," but soon revoked the ban under pressure from outraged local intellectuals.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
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