Regular Sessions: Persepolis

(restored 4K digital version) (National Premiere on July 16, 2026)

Original Title: Persepolis; Directed by: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud; Screenplay: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud; Cinematography: --; Music: Olivier Bernet; Editing: Stéphane Roche; Art Direction: Marc Jousset; Production: Marc-Antoine Robert & Xavier Rigault; Premiere: 2007Cast: --; Duration: 96 minutes; Country of Origin: France, USA; Original Version: French, English, Persian, German; M 12Genre: Animation

It is the moving story of a girl who grows up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of the precocious and extroverted Marjane, aged 9, that we see the hope of a people being destroyed when the fundamentalists take power, forcing women to wear the veil and sending thousands of people to prison. Intelligent and fearless, Marjane manages to outsmart the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA, and Iron Maiden. But when her uncle is brutally executed and bombs begin to fall on Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, the daily fear that invades everyday life in Iran becomes palpable. As she grows up, Marjane's boldness becomes a constant source of concern for her parents, who fear for her safety. Thus, at 14, they make the difficult decision to send her to a school in Austria. Vulnerable and alone in a strange land, she has to face the typical challenges of teenagers. Moreover, Marjane is mistaken for religious fundamentalism and extremism, exactly the things she fled from in her country. Over time, she is accepted and even finds love, but as high school ends, she begins to feel lonely and nostalgic for home. Despite this meaning she has to wear the veil and live in a tyrannical society, Marjane decides to return to Iran to be closer to her family. After a difficult adjustment period, she enters an art school and gets married, although she continues to raise her voice against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At 24, she realizes that, despite being deeply Iranian, she cannot continue to live in Iran. It is then that she makes the heart-wrenching decision to trade her homeland for France, full of optimism about the future, indelibly shaped by her past.

MIDAS FILMES

Festivals and Awards(30 Awards and 58 Nominations)

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 2009 | Best Foreign Film Cannes Film Festival 2007 | Palm Dog Jury Prize César Awards, France 2008 | Best Adaptation Cinemanila International Film Festival 2007 | Special Jury Prize Denver Film Festival 2007 | Best Film French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2008 | Best First Film Jerusalem Film Festival 2007 | Best Foreign Film Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2007 | Best Animation National Board of Review, USA 2007 | Freedom of Expression Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 | Best Animated Film International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008 | Audience and MovieZone Awards Stockholm Film Festival 2007 | Best Music Vancouver International Film Festival 2007 | Most Popular Film Golden Trailer Awards 2008 | Most Original Foreign Trailer Étoiles d'Or, France 2008 | Best First Film Cinema for Peace Awards 2008 | Most Valuable Film of the Year International Cinephile Society Awards 2008 | Best Animated Film Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Cultural Interaction and Extraordinary Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry Awards New York Film Critics, Online 2007 | Best Foreign Language Film, Best Direction Animation and Best Films of the Year Awards Globes de Cristal Awards, France 2008 | Best Film Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2008 | Best Animated Film Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 | Best Foreign Film Directed by Women or about Women

Box office: 5€ | Session | 3€ with monthly subscription | 2.5€ Municipal Youth Card | 3.75€ Municipal Senior Card

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