PERSEPOLIS trailer 2

Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl in Iran 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 fourteen, 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 she fled her country to escape. Over time, she gains acceptance, and 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 heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.

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[abcdefghigkimacat]

i loved this movie. the grandma was extremely funny. hopefully this will change the way a lot of people see iranians and muslims in general because stupid people categorize mulslims, iranian, palastinians, afghans, and iraqis as the same. -.-

[sergiolinni23]

I love this film.

[spottedpaw444]

i love the book and really want to watch the movie!

[Luisalvsddl11]

wow! this film is really great i saw it yesterday that is sad, but it just tells the truth! the situations of a girl who grows in a war and cant have peace! really great!

[Zo14roses]

Just finished the books. Crazy, crazy time. They teach it to you in school but you can't truly understand it until see through the eyes of those who knew.

[sakura1997101]

@radwanbent we know Islam is more than what many people show in the media but this movie don´t attack Islam, instead Persepolis is an objective point of view in which Marjane Satrapis shows the good and the bad of Islam.

[sakura1997101]

excelent



[jfhowell12345]

@burkillman bitch who let you outta the kitchen

[radwanbent]

الاسلام اكبر من هذ ولله اعضم من ما في عقليكم . لمذا تقلوان على الله ما لتعلموان

[suleymanadak4040]

Zionist propaganda.Islam is a religion of peace and prosperity.The Ottoman Empire lived in peace with each ethnic group.

[Morthagg]

@PaulMcCartneyNP

.. Yes I am aware of that.