Persepolis
Remembering Marjane Satrapi
Description
Free Admission | Wednesday July 1 - 7:00pm CST | France | 2007 | 96 min | 14A | Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane SatrapiAdditional Information
In 1970s Iran, Marjane ‘Marji’ Satrapi (1969-2026) 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.
Based on Satrapi's graphic novel about her life in pre- and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe.
When
Jul 1 2026, 7:00pm - 8:40pm
Where
Film Theatre,
Series/Genre
Free Films, Current, Animated
