Persepolis (2007)
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- PG-13
- 1h 36min
- Animation, Biography
- 22 Feb 2008 (USA)
- Movie
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 29 wins & 57 nominations.
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Cast
| Chiara Mastroianni | ... |
Marjane Adolescente et Adulte (voice)
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| Catherine Deneuve | ... |
La Mère (voice)
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| Danielle Darrieux | ... |
La Grand-Mère (voice)
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| Simon Abkarian | ... |
Le Père (voice)
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Gabrielle Lopes Benites | ... |
Marjane Enfant (voice)
(as Gabrielle Lopez)
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François Jerosme | ... |
Oncle Anouche (voice)
(as François Jérosme)
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Sophie Arthuys | ... |
Walla (voice)
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| Jean-François Gallotte | ... |
(voice)
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| Arié Elmaleh | ... |
Walla (voice)
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Mathias Mlekuz | ... |
Walla (voice)
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Sasha Alliel | ... |
(voice)
(as Sacha Alliel)
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Lesceline Hasse | ... |
(voice)
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Virginie Antico | ... |
(voice)
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Nicolas Leroy | ... |
(voice)
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Bénédicte Battesti | ... |
(voice)
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Candide Lopes | ... |
(voice)
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| Hubert Benhamdine | ... |
(voice)
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Tilly Mandelbrot | ... |
Lali (voice)
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Ninon Brétécher | ... |
(voice)
(as Ninon Bretecher)
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Jean-christophe Menu | ... |
(voice)
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Jean-Philippe Callet | ... |
(voice)
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Céline Merrien | ... |
(voice)
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Idit Cebula | ... |
(voice)
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Charlotte Miquel | ... |
(voice)
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| Carlos Chahine | ... |
(voice)
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Farida Ouchani | ... |
(voice)
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Eric Chevallier | ... |
(voice)
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| Vincent Paronnaud | ... |
(voice)
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Isabelle Chipot | ... |
(voice)
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Françoise Pavy | ... |
(voice)
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Jean-Marc Couderc | ... |
(voice)
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Emmanuel Payet | ... |
(voice)
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Fanny Dalle-Rive | ... |
(voice)
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Xavier Rigault | ... |
(voice)
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Fanny Daurat | ... |
(voice)
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Gaspard Robert | ... |
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Anne Deleuze | ... |
(voice)
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Marc-Antoine Robert | ... |
(voice)
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Gilles Duval | ... |
(voice)
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Stéphane Roche | ... |
(voice)
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Stéphane Foenkinos | ... |
(voice)
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| Marjane Satrapi | ... |
Actress / Gossip / Schloss (voice)
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| Marie Gili-Pierre | ... |
(voice)
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Théo Sampaio | ... |
(voice)
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François Girard | ... |
(voice)
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Denis Walgenwitz | ... |
(voice)
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| Lexie Kendrick | ... |
Friend / Gossip / Teacher (voice)
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| Sean Penn | ... |
Father (voice)
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| Gena Rowlands | ... |
Grandmother (voice)
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Adriana Anderson | ... |
Enforcer / Nun / Teacher (uncredited) (voice)
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| Paul Bandey | ... |
Brit / Customs (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Robert Barr | ... |
Anchor / God (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Robert William Bradford | ... |
Guardian / Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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| Stephen Croce | ... |
Cabbie / Director / Great Uncle / Marx / Motorist / PA / Taher / Vendor (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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| Bill Dunn | ... |
Beans / Guardian / Speaker / Teacher / Welcome (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Christine Flowers | ... |
Great Aunt / Shopper / Teacher (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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| David Gasman | ... |
Doctor / Guardian / Interrogator / Sentry / Siamak (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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| Matthew Géczy | ... |
Markus / Momo / Sentry (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Mirabelle Kirkland | ... |
Gossip / Welcome / Wife (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Christopher Mack | ... |
Revolutionary / Reza / Sentry (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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| Iggy Pop | ... |
Anoush (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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| Nathan Rippy | ... |
Flirt / Shopper / Thierry (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Barbara Scaff | ... |
Enforcer / Laly / Megaphone / Nassrine / Welcome (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Allan Wenger | ... |
Fereydoun / Fernando / Khosrow / Reza Shah / Shrink / Welcome (2008) (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Vincent Paronnaud | ||
| Marjane Satrapi | ||
Written by
| Marjane Satrapi | ... | (comic) |
| Vincent Paronnaud | ... | (scenario) |
Produced by
| Rémi Burah | ... | consulting producer |
| Tara Grace | ... | co-producer: USA |
| Kathleen Kennedy | ... | associate producer / executive producer |
| Frank Marshall | ... | executive producer |
| Xavier Rigault | ... | producer |
| Marc-Antoine Robert | ... | producer |
Music by
| Olivier Bernet | ||
Editing by
| Stéphane Roche | ||
Editorial Department
| Christian Dutac | ... | color timer |
| Jean-Baptiste Le Guen | ... | digital film supervisor |
Production Design by
| Marisa Musy | ||
Art Direction by
| Hicham Kadiri | ||
Production Management
| Olivier Bizet | ... | production manager |
| Christina Crassaris | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Olivier Gravenhorst | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Fabien Guigou | ... | assistant post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Denis Walgenwitz | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
| Marc Jousset | ... | artistic director |
| Thierry Million | ... | lead background artist |
Sound Department
| Samy Bardet | ... | re-recording mixer / sound editor / supervising sound editor |
| Eric Chevallier | ... | dialogue editor |
| Jacques Defrance | ... | foley artist |
| Sylvie Gourgner | ... | sound |
| Thierry Lebon | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Michel Monier | ... | sound consultant: dolby |
| Johann Nallet | ... | sound recordist |
| Philippe Penot | ... | foley artist |
| Greg Steele | ... | adr mixer |
| Veronica J. Valentini | ... | A.D.R |
| Jean-Alexandre Villemer | ... | sound recordist |
| Greg Zimmerman | ... | adr recordist |
| Julie Tribout | ... | dialog and adr editor (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Fabrice Balzarini | ... | R&D hardware support |
| Jimmy Capron | ... | scanning operator |
| Cyril Cosenza | ... | R&D development project manager |
| Alex Foulon | ... | R&D system administrator |
| Jean-Frédéric Gonzalez | ... | R&D user support |
| Loïc Le Page | ... | head of research and development |
| Frank Miyet | ... | supervision tracé |
| Stéphane Roche | ... | animatics |
Animation Department
| Kevin Audi-Grivetta | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Riccardo Audisio | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Sophie Baraduc | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Damien Barrau | ... | animator: 2D |
| Franck Bonay | ... | animator: 2D |
| Anne Calandre | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Jean-Yves Castillon | ... | animator: 2D / compositing: after effects |
| Pascal Chevet | ... | animator |
| Anaïs Chevillard | ... | animator: 2D |
| Patrick Cohen | ... | animator: 2D |
| Odile Comon | ... | animator: 2D |
| Cécile Coulibeuf | ... | animator: 2D |
| Serge Creste | ... | compositing: after effects |
| Philippe Culas | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Clément Céard | ... | assistant animator: 2D (as Clément Ceard) |
| Antoine Dartige | ... | animator: 2D (as Antoine Dartigue du Fournet) |
| Nicole de Bellefroid | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Stéphanie Delmas | ... | animator: Flash |
| Sandra Derval | ... | animator: 2D |
| Christian Desmares | ... | animation coordinator |
| Bernard Dourdent | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Cecile Dubois-Herry | ... | assistant animator |
| Grégory Duroy | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Serge Elissalde | ... | animator: 2D |
| David Etien | ... | layout |
| Christophe Ferreira | ... | test animation: preproduction |
| Florian Fiebig | ... | key animator |
| Fabrice Fouquet | ... | test animation: preproduction |
| Damien Gaillardon | ... | compositing: after effects |
| David Galante | ... | animator: 3D |
| Jocelyn Gallon | ... | assistant animator: preproduction |
| Didier Gourdin | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Mael Gourmelen | ... | assistant animator |
| Jean-Paul Guigue | ... | compositing: after effects |
| Emmanuel Guille-Vuora | ... | animator: 2D (as Emmanuel Guille) |
| Virginie Hanrigou | ... | animator |
| Lesceline Hasse | ... | assistant animator: 2D (as Lesceline Haase) |
| Nicolas Haute | ... | assistant animator: preproduction |
| Bruno-Evalie Helie | ... | animator: 3D |
| Catherine Helmer | ... | assistant animator: preproduction |
| Alexandre Hesse | ... | test animation: preproduction |
| Anne-Marie Irlande | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Veronique Langdon | ... | assistant animator: 2D / key frames clean: Paris |
| Géraldine Le Moigne | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Marianne Lebel | ... | animator: 2D |
| Gregory Lecocq | ... | animator |
| François Leroy | ... | animator: After FX |
| Alice Lia | ... | animator: 2D |
| Habib Louati | ... | animator |
| Ahmidou Lyazidi | ... | 3d supervisor |
| Frédéric Martin | ... | layout |
| Nathalie Mathé | ... | cg animator |
| Charlotte Mazeran | ... | animator: 2D |
| Benoit Meurzec | ... | animator |
| Damien Millereau | ... | animator: 2D |
| Pierre Minoux | ... | assistant animator: 2D / compositing: after effects |
| Adeline Monin | ... | animator: 2D |
| Nicolas Pawlowski | ... | animator: 2D / test animation: preproduction |
| Thierry Peres | ... | assistant animator |
| Etienne Pinault | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Christophe Pinto | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Guy Quelquejeu | ... | layout |
| Marielle Rabourdin | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Marie-Cécile Raccaud | ... | assistant animator: 2D (as Marie Raccaud-Pérés) |
| Nilsen Robin | ... | animator: Flash / test animation: preproduction |
| Stéphane Roche | ... | animator: preproduction |
| Nicolas Ruedy | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Valérie Schaefer | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Jules Stromboni | ... | animator: 2D |
| Julien Thompson | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Denis Vautrin | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Jung Wang | ... | layout supervisor |
| Blias Yang | ... | assistant animator: 2D |
| Rémi Zaarour | ... | animator: 2D |
Casting Department
| Sylvie Peyrucq | ... | voice casting |
| Emmanuelle Prévost | ... | voice casting assistant |
Music Department
| Steve Artur | ... | musician: programming |
| Olivier Bernet | ... | music arranger / musical director / musician: synthesizer, bass, piano, ukulele, drums |
| Pierre Blanchut | ... | musician |
| Sophie Bousquet | ... | musician: flute |
| Juana Etchegoin | ... | musician: flute |
| Stéphane Garin | ... | musician: percussion |
| Benoît Guerin | ... | musician: drums, xylophone |
| Xavier Hayet | ... | musician: string bass |
| Stéphane Krieger | ... | musician: baritone guitar |
| Gilles Lahonda | ... | musician: acoustic and electric guitar |
| Marianne Eva Lecler | ... | musician: harp |
| Victor Marco | ... | musician: acoustic guitar |
| Vincent Paronnaud | ... | musician: bass, voice |
| Jean-Christophe Pourcel | ... | musician |
| Cédric Privé | ... | musician: violin |
| Gilles Rupert | ... | musician: violin |
| Maitane Sebastian | ... | musician: cello, voice |
Additional Crew
| Sylvain Audi | ... | background voices / research and development |
| John Charles | ... | software manager: Sony DAC |
| Paola Cortellesi | ... | voice dubbing: Chiara Mastroianni |
| Elyse Klaits | ... | associate: Ms. Kennedy |
| Laurence Méoc | ... | production assistant: 2.4.7. Films |
| Hengameh Panahi | ... | world sales head: celluloid dreams |
| Charles-Edouard Renault | ... | legal counsel |
| François Girard | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
| Vincent Paronnaud | ... | dialogue director: english version (uncredited) |
| Marjane Satrapi | ... | dialogue director: english version (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- 2.4.7. Films (present)
- France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
- The Kennedy/Marshall Company (co-production)
- French Connection Animations (co-production)
- Diaphana Distribution (co-production)
- Celluloid Dreams (in association with)
- Sony Pictures Classics (in association with)
- Soficinéma (in association with)
- Sofica Europacorp (in association with)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation)
- La Région Île-de-France (participation)
- Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma (participation)
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep) (participation)
- Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA) (participation)
Distributors
- Diaphana Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
- StudioCanal (2023) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- ArtCam (2007) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- ArtCam (2007) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
- Bir Film (2007) (Turkey) (theatrical)
- Cathay-Keris Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Cinéart (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Festive Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Filmcoopi (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Green Light Films (2007) (Iceland) (theatrical)
- Gutek Film (2007) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Longride (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Optimum Releasing (2008) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- PCV (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Prokino Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Rosebud (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Russian Report (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Metronome International (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Metronome Norge (2007) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2007) (United States) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (United States) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Sponge (2007) (South Korea) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Vértigo Films (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Front Row Distributors (2008) (Lebanon)
- Front Row Distributors (2008) (United Arab Emirates) (DVD)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2008) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East)
- Optimum Home Entertainment (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Optimum Home Entertainment (2008) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
- Sandrews (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- TF1 Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2014) (Germany) (DVD)
- Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (2011) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Je Suis Bien Content (animation studio)
- Pumpkin 3d (animation studio)
- Chinkel Post-Production (dubbing) (english version)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- Toho (Gojira/Godzilla is a trademark of)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com) |
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Box Office
| Budget | $7,300,000 (estimated) |
| Opening Weekend France | EUR1,402,949, 01 Jul 2007 |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $25,399,540 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Iran's government sent a letter to the French embassy in Tehran to protest against the movie and pressured the organizers of the 2007 Bangkok Film Festival to drop it from the lineup. See more » |
| Goofs | Marjane's passport has her given name and surname switched. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Bucket List/The Orphanage/The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep/There Will Be Blood/Honeydripper/Persepolis (2008). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Eye of the Tiger See more » |
| Quotes |
Marjane's grandmother:
Listen. I don't like to preach, but here's some advice. You'll meet a lot of jerks in life. If they hurt you, remember it's because they're stupid. Don't react to their cruelty. There's nothing worse than bitterness and revenge. Keep your dignity and be true to yourself. See more » |