The read
A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 90/100. Scores higher than 98% of the 598 2000s animation movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic90/100
2,242 audience votes
Key crew
- Vincent ParonnaudDirector
- Marjane SatrapiDirector
- Vincent ParonnaudScreenplay
- Olivier BernetOriginal Music Composer
- Vincent ParonnaudWriter
Cast
- Chiara MastroianniMarjane (voice)
- Danielle DarrieuxMarjane's Grandmother (voice)
- Catherine DeneuveMarjane's Mother (voice)
- Simon AbkarianMarjane's Father (voice)
- Gabrielle Lopes BenitesYoung Marjane (voice)
- François JérosmeUncle Anouche (voice)
- Tilly MandelbrotLali (voice)
- Sophie ArthuysWalla (voice)
- Arié ElmalehWalla (voice)
- Mathias MlekuzWalla (voice)
Stills
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Themes
pubertycivil warparent child relationship1970stotalitarian regimepunk rockbomb alarmcoming of ageorientbased on memoir or autobiographybased on graphic noveladult animation
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