Top billed cast

1. 

   Chiara Mastroianni

   Marjane (voice)

2. 

   Danielle Darrieux

   Marjane's Grandmother (voice)

3. 

   Catherine Deneuve

   Marjane's Mother (voice)

4. 

   Simon Abkarian

   Marjane's Father (voice)

5. 

   Gabrielle Lopes Benites

   Young Marjane (voice)

6. 

   François Jérosme

   Uncle Anouche (voice)

7. 

   Tilly Mandelbrot

   Lali (voice)

8. 

   Sophie Arthuys

   Walla (voice)

9. 

   Arié Elmaleh

   Walla (voice)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-17

"Marji" is a young girl growing up in Iran just as the imperial Pahlavi regime is toppled and the birth of the Islamic republic proclaimed. Optimism is the order of the day, with everyone hoping the new government will represent new freedoms and liberties for all. Ha! Fat chance, as they say, and things start to become a bit dangerous for this honest and outspoken girl. To avert a familial disaster, her parents manage to get her studying in Vienna, but once there she finds herself immersed in a culture that is alien to her and one that doesn't live up to her (rather naive) expectations. Now sh...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$7,300,000.00

Revenue
$22,783,990.00

Keywords

• puberty
• civil war
• parent child relationship
• 1970s
• totalitarian regime
• punk rock
• bomb alarm
• coming of age
• orient
• based on memoir or autobiography
• based on graphic novel
• adult animation
• punk band
• woman director
• iranian revolution
• defiant