persepolis

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.

Animation ꞏ punk rock ꞏ civil war ꞏ Drama ꞏ parent-child relationship ꞏ totalitarian regime ꞏ woman director ꞏ coming of age ꞏ 1970s ꞏ adult animation ꞏ orient ꞏ iranian revolution ꞏ bomb alarm ꞏ puberty ꞏ punk band