Marjane Satrapi

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi 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.

Dir. Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud · With Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

Dir. Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud · With Mathieu Amalric, Golshifteh Farahani, Édouard Baer

A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

Dir. Marjane Satrapi · With Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick

The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

Dir. Marjane Satrapi · With Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Aneurin Barnard