Synopsis: Persepolis is the story of a young girl coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Through the eyes of the outspoken nine-year-old Marjane, we see a nation’s hopes crushed as fundamentalists take power, forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, Marjane outsmarts social guardians and discovers punk, ABBA, and Iron Maiden. As war and executions bring daily fear to Tehran, her parents worry for her safety and send her to Austria at age fourteen. Alone in a foreign country, Marjane struggles with identity, prejudice, love, and homesickness. Though returning to Iran means living under a tyrannical regime, she comes back to be with her family, studies art, and marries, continuing to speak out against hypocrisy. At twenty-four, she realises she cannot live freely in Iran and leaves for France, shaped forever by her past.
