Persepolis
Movie • 2007 • Animation
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In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi 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.
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a caretaker of a child decides to no longer take care of that child, leaving the child at a less-than-pleasant group home.
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Marjane is depicted smoking somewhat frequently throughout the second half of the film; but it is never described as an addiction.
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Single scene of Marijuana use. Marjane later recounts buying Weed, which she refers to as "Hash".
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a few, yes. they're not particularly detailed but the individual legs are drawn and there are skittering sound effects.
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It is implied that a character was SAd before hanging because Iranian law prohibits killing virgins. Marjane is warned by her mother that she might meet the same fate if she keeps up with the rebellious behavior
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Is someone tortured?
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....yes????? it's uh. strange and cartoonish
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not shown hanging iirc but a character stands in front of a noose and was executed with it
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Marjane watches a Godzilla movie where a character gets stomped to death by Godzilla. Later in the movie, a hand is shown buried by the rubble of a house, which traumatizes Marjane
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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The main protagonist waxes her legs in one scene
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Is someone buried alive?
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A dead body's hand is shown sticking out of the rubble of a bombed building.
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Not shown but implied.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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it's briefly discussed, but never shown and never happens.
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Marjane is warned that she might get in trouble with the law and, since Iranian law prohibits killing virgins, she may be SAd by a guard before execution
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Drugs/Alcohol
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The main character attempts to die by overdose but survives
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When she grows disillusioned with her ex boyfriend, she describes everything in a new light, including his play. There is audio and visual of her reacting to reading his pkay by throwing up. The visual is a highly stylized drawing and not graphic but the audio is triggering
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Marjane jokes about farting with her mom and blows a raspberry. Later in the movie she really dislikes a guy and imagines him eating his boogers
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Law Enforcement
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The Iranian morality police are depicted in less than favorable light here
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the noises are a bit graphic during this part, machines beeping and very rattly breathing
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Marjane briefly lives in the same house as a woman who's probably mentally ill and is depicted as a highly unpleasant person. She slutshames Marjane and accuses her of stealing from her, but is never physically violent
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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A character says that if someone marries someone else they’d “k*l themself” (not genuinely)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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there are some visual effects that could be interpreted as such
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After falling into a deep depression, Marjane attempts suicide via overdose but does not die
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The main protagonist, Marjane, tries to overdose but survives
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Overdose.
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Noxious
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One Scene has a very fast flashing effect fill the entire screen.
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it startled me, at least.
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yes, for a few seconds. starts after "vienna's subculture"
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An old Woman expresses her dislike of the Japanese.
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Does the black guy die first?
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The only people dying on the screen are Iranians. In one scene Marjane watches a Godzilla movie where Japanese characters die
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Is someone homeless?
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The main protagonist goes through a period of homelessness
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Ends on a somewhat ambiguous note. Very melancholy tone; but not expressly sad.
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a car is thrown to the ground and crushed in a movie. it's animated in pretty much the same style to the rest of the movie, and starts abruptly with no sign that it's not real until it zooms out to show the screen.
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Does someone drown?
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yes, but we don't watch him drown. we only see him afterward, still in the water
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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not nuclear, no.
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