She is in France and she is not going to go back, but what about her parents? Are they still alive, and did the government do anything to them in retaliation? Is there any interview where she speaks about this concern?
my vote history: http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=43162133
I was wondering just about that while watchig the movie today.
Does anybody know?
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Well even though Iran Regime is very repressive, they don't like bad PR and harrasing Marjan's family would bring world media attention to Iran. So It doesn't worth the afford, plus the damage is already done by making this film no point harrasing now :)
shareI guess you didn't know it was a graphic novel and that it was out in 2000, 7 years before the movie was out. The graphic novel has been translated into other languages as well. I am sure Iran knew about this WAY before the movie.
shareSurely you can not compare the attention brought up by the film with the Graphic novel that took few years to catch on. You should also take into consideration the political changes inside Iran, In 2000 the reformist were in power who had a more relaxed attitude toward censorship and overall harassing all the critics. But I would say the main factor is that a Academy Award nominated animation brings much more hype then the original Comic Book.
shareIn the (1st) book she talks about how very much afraid her mother was b/c of a photograph in magazines showing her at a rally (against the Shah). So, yeah, the OP's question is an interesting point. How do you talk about life under an oppressive regime w/o putting you family in danger?
shareAccording to the book, her grandmother died in 1996.
shareThis is not a bad question at all. In communist Romania, my home country, an escaped relative would have meant bad repercussions on you; you could not pass exams in school, you could lose your job, be under permanent surveillance, etc.
IMO the answer lies that while the Iranian regime was quite authoritarian, it never really went one step further to become "totalitarian" like in the communist countries. Or maybe Marjanne's parents didn't care for themselves, and Marjanne didn't care about her more distant relatives (cousins, uncles, etc.)
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it was pretty brave of her to make this movie, i applaud her for that
i don't think she put her family in any kind of danger though
so many movies, so little time