* BannedInChina: The film was initially banned in Lebanon. Surprising, considering how Lebanon is considerably more progressive than many other Middle Eastern countries. Academic protest eventually overturned this ban, however.
* CelebrityVoiceActor:
** The voice cast of the French version includes Creator/CatherineDeneuve, Deneuve's daughter Chiara Mastroianni, Creator/DanielleDarrieux and Creator/SimonAbkarian.
** Music/IggyPop voices Uncle Anoosh in the English dub of the film.
* MoneyDearBoy: Having never directed a film before, Marjane Satrapi agreed to do the animated version under the assumption that she'd only be supervising and that everyone else would do the heavy lifting while she banked on royalties. However, she learned early on that this was not the case and fully embraced the creative process, eventually having a modestly successful live-action filmmaking career.
* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Chiara Mastroianni and Creator/CatherineDeneuve voices their respective characters (Marjane and her mother) in both French and English.
* RealLifeRelative: In both the French original and the English dub, Marjane and her mother are voiced by Chiara Mastroianni and Creator/CatherineDeneuve respectively, and they're in fact daughter and mother.
* ReferencedBy:
** In ''Film/DearEvanHansen'', [[spoiler:Connor's]] favorite books include Persepolis.
** In ''WebComic/DumbingOfAge'', when discussing their favorite movies in Women's Studies class, Dorothy picks Persepolis as hers.
* SelfAdaptation: Marjane Sartrapi, the writer and artist of the original graphic novels, also co-directed and co-wrote the movie adaptation.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** They actually wanted to include Marjane's [[spoiler:suicide attempt]] in the movie. A cut scene from the DVD actually shows the sketches of [[spoiler:her hallucinations after she overdoses on medication]] that her husband drew, since she couldn't find it in herself to draw them herself. She also explains why it didn't fit into the movie.
** The wedding sequence in the movie was cut down in a brief montage of the event.
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