No One Knows About Persian Cats
8 /10 1 Votes
95% Rotten Tomatoes Duration Country Iran | 7.3/10 IMDb 71% Metacritic Genre Drama, Music | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14) Initial release December 23, 2009 (France) Songs Ekhtelaf Cast Similar movies Ted 2 , The Adjustment Bureau , Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No one knows about persian cats official trailer
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 Ex-aequo in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Contents
- No one knows about persian cats official trailer
- Plot
- Cast
- Bands and musicians
- International cinema release dates
- Awards and nominations
- Accusations
- References
Plot
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.
Cast
Bands and musicians
International cinema release dates
Limited Release: Curzon Soho & Key Cities
Awards and nominations
Its first official screening was at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize Ex-aequo in the Un Certain Regard section.
Accusations
Shortly after the release of the movie, Iranian director Torang Abedian accused Ghobadi of having used many ideas for his movie from her documentary "Not an Illusion", made from 2003-2008 and released in the same year. According to Abedian, her camera operator got a call from Ghobadi and left her afterwards to make the movie about the same topic with Ghobadi in a few days.
References
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