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Directed by | Bahman Ghobadi |
Produced by | Bahman Ghobadi |
Written by | Bahman Ghobadi Hossein Mortezaeiyan Roxana Saberi |
Starring | Negar Shaghaghi Ashkan Kooshanejad Hamed Behdad |
Music by | Ash Koosha Mahdyar Aghajani |
Cinematography | Turaj Aslani |
Editing by | Haydeh Safi-Yari |
Studio | Mij Film |
Release date(s) | May 14, 2009 |
Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
No One Knows About Persian Cats (Persian: کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره) is a 2009 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi produced by Wild Bunch. Originally titled Kasi az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh, in the film's native language, Persian, this film first took on the name of Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats before finally being titled No One Knows About Persian Cats. The film offers perspective of Iran as it explores its underground Rock scene. It won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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The film follows two young musicians (Ashkan and Negar) as they form a band and prepare to leave Iran shortly after being released from prison. The pair befriends a man named Nader (Hamed Behdad), an underground music enthusiast and producer who helps them travel around Tehran and its surrounding areas in order to meet other underground musicians possibly interested in forming a band and later leaving the country. The film highlights many of the challenges independent musicians and generally the Iranian youth face in Iran's severely confined government.
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Limited Release: Curzon Soho & Key Cities[2]
Its first official screening was at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section.
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