I grew up in Iran

The film is adapted from the comic of the same name by Iranian female illustrator Marjane Satrapi. She tells her own growth experience in the form of an autobiography and reflects the social changes in Iran. After 1979, Iran launched the Islamic Revolution, causing social unrest. The failure of the revolution caused Iran to lose hope for democracy and become increasingly conservative, making the people miserable. Nine-year-old Marjane is precocious and sensitive. She cleverly hides it from the official minions, becomes obsessed with Western punk bands and pop music, and is immersed in her own world. After the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, life in Iran became even more difficult. Marjane gradually grew up, and her increasingly bold behavior worried her parents. When she was 14 years old, her parents sent her to Austria to attend school. In Austria, Marjane, as an Iranian, had to face discrimination and inferiority complex from others. When she finally overcame her psychological barriers and won everyone's recognition, the pain of love and longing for her hometown made her decide to return to her parents. At this time, Iran was still experiencing the baptism of war, and religious restrictions on women's lives were becoming more and more stringent. Marjane began to doubt whether she should continue to live in this country full of authoritarianism.