English-language 'Persepolis' to bow April 11

March 20, 2008 Sony Pictures Classics announced that it will release the English-language version of "Persepolis" on April 11 on 100 screens nationwide. The animated film about a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is co-written and co-directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud and is based on Satrapi's internationally best-selling comic book autobiography. The English-language version of "Persepolis" features the voices of Chiara Mastroianni as Marjane; Sean Penn as Marjane's father, Ebi; Catherine Deneuve as Marjane's mother, Tadji; Gena Rowlands as Marjane's grandmother; Iggy Pop as Uncle Anouche; and Amethyste Frezignac as young Marjane.

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