A precocious and outward Iranian girl grows during the Islamic Revolution, when the fundamentalists took over, forcing the women to wear a veil and incarcerating thousands of persons, and as the war between Iran and Iraq is happening, Marjane discovers punk, ABBA, and Iron Maiden. When the adolescence comes, her parents send her to Europe, where she meets another culture that has nothing to do with her country. The protagonist adapts well to her new life but can’t stand the loneliness and returns to her family, although it means to wear a veil and a tyrannical society. Original voices in French by Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni.

DIRECTOR:

Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud