Persepolis
Movie • 2007 • Animation
ReportIn 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.
This movie contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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GuyofMinimalImportance
Single scene of Marijuana use. Marjane later recounts buying Weed, which she refers to as "Hash".
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Is there addiction?
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GuyofMinimalImportance
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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idk_if_helpful
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 there shaving/cutting?
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The main protagonist waxes her legs in one scene
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Is someone crushed to death?
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idk_if_helpful
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 someone buried alive?
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GuyofMinimalImportance
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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mdoucet
A character is referenced as having lost an arm and a leg in the war, but nothing is shown.
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Is someone tortured?
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GuyofMinimalImportance
Verbal descriptions of torture, but none is shown.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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mdoucet
Not shown but implied.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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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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The main character attempts to die by overdose but survives
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Does someone vomit?
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MalibuSunny
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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Does someone spit?
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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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Large-scale Violence
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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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Overdose.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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idk_if_helpful
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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The main protagonist, Marjane, tries to overdose but survives
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Anonymous
A character says that if someone marries someone else they’d “k*l themself” (not genuinely)
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BenjaminWagner
After falling into a deep depression, Marjane attempts suicide via overdose but does not die
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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GuyofMinimalImportance
One Scene has a very fast flashing effect fill the entire screen.
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Paranoia
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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 there hate speech?
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GuyofMinimalImportance
An old Woman expresses her dislike of the Japanese.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Iranian morality police (and in one scene regular iranian men) routinely objectify women, including the main protagonist
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Are there nude scenes?
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One scene shows the protagonist's grandma undressing for the night (the view is from the back and not sexualized)
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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The main protagonist's father cries around his family and faces no ridicule
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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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GuyofMinimalImportance
Ends on a somewhat ambiguous note. Very melancholy tone; but not expressly sad.
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