A screening organized in honor of Marjane Satrapi, offering a chance to rediscover this iconic animated film.
Tehran, 1978: Eight-year-old Marjane dreams of the future. Cherished by her modern, cultured parents and close to her grandmother, she follows with excitement the events that lead to the fall of the Shah’s regime.
With the establishment of the Islamic Republic comes the era of the revolution’s commissars, who control people’s attire and behavior. Marjane, who is required to wear the hijab, now dreams of becoming a revolutionary. Soon, the war against Iraq brings bombings and hardship… Domestic repression grows harsher by the day. Her sharp tongue and rebellious stance become problematic. Her parents then decide to send her to Austria to protect her.
*Persepolis*, by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007, 1 hr 35 min).
Starring Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Sean Penn, and Gena Rowlands.
A session led by Guilda Chahverdi, director, curator, author, and actress.
Featuring Mireille Jacotin, Chief Heritage Curator at the Mucem
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Guilda Chahverdi, artist
Guilda Chahverdi, a Franco-Iranian artist, trained at the Jacques Lecoq School. Early in her career, she created two shows inspired by Persian mystical poetry: *La Passion de Hallaj*, based on the work of Louis Massignon, and *Déserts*, which took a more contemporary approach (Paris Jeunes talents).
In the 2000s, she conducted research on traditional forms of storytelling in Central Asia (2002) and then adapted stories that she performed in France and later on tour in Central Asia. She worked for about fifteen years in Afghanistan, where she taught theater at the Kabul Faculty of Fine Arts, developed an arts education program for schools, coordinated a national theater festival, and produced radio plays before heading the French Institute of Afghanistan (2010–2013).
In 2015, she conducted research in the humanities (Aix-Marseille University, IREMAM) on cultural initiatives and artistic creation in a country at war and in crisis. She curated the exhibition “Kharmohra: Afghanistan at the Risk of Art” at the Mucem (2019–20). In 2021, she starred in *Les Forteresses* by Gurshad Shaheman (on tour). She currently teaches acting and directing at Aix-Marseille University and heads the cultural association HdH – Hasards d’Hasards. She is also the author of *Marjan, the Last Lion of Afghanistan* (2023; for young audiences) and *Wanderer, a Tear Escaped from the Afghan Rivers* (2025).
A screening organized in honor of Marjane Satrapi, offering a chance to rediscover this iconic animated film.
Tehran, 1978: Eight-year-old Marjane dreams of the future. Cherished by her modern, cultured parents and close to her grandmother, she follows with excitement the events that lead to the fall of the Shah’s regime.
With the establishment of the Islamic Republic comes the era of the revolution’s commissars, who control people’s attire and behavior. Marjane, who is required to wear the hijab, now dreams of becoming a revolutionary. Soon, the war against Iraq brings bombings and hardship… Domestic repression grows harsher by the day. Her sharp tongue and rebellious stance become problematic. Her parents then decide to send her to Austria to protect her.
*Persepolis*, by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007, 1 hr 35 min).
Starring Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Sean Penn, and Gena Rowlands.
A session led by Guilda Chahverdi, director, curator, author, and actress.
Featuring Mireille Jacotin, Chief Heritage Curator at the Mucem
Learn more about ...
Guilda Chahverdi, artist
Guilda Chahverdi, a Franco-Iranian artist, trained at the Jacques Lecoq School. Early in her career, she created two shows inspired by Persian mystical poetry: *La Passion de Hallaj*, based on the work of Louis Massignon, and *Déserts*, which took a more contemporary approach (Paris Jeunes talents).
In the 2000s, she conducted research on traditional forms of storytelling in Central Asia (2002) and then adapted stories that she performed in France and later on tour in Central Asia. She worked for about fifteen years in Afghanistan, where she taught theater at the Kabul Faculty of Fine Arts, developed an arts education program for schools, coordinated a national theater festival, and produced radio plays before heading the French Institute of Afghanistan (2010–2013).
In 2015, she conducted research in the humanities (Aix-Marseille University, IREMAM) on cultural initiatives and artistic creation in a country at war and in crisis. She curated the exhibition “Kharmohra: Afghanistan at the Risk of Art” at the Mucem (2019–20). In 2021, she starred in *Les Forteresses* by Gurshad Shaheman (on tour). She currently teaches acting and directing at Aix-Marseille University and heads the cultural association HdH – Hasards d’Hasards. She is also the author of *Marjan, the Last Lion of Afghanistan* (2023; for young audiences) and *Wanderer, a Tear Escaped from the Afghan Rivers* (2025).