No One Knows About Persian Cats

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No One Knows About Persian Cats
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Directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Produced by Bahman Ghobadi
Written by Bahman Ghobadi
Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar
Roxana Saberi
Starring Negar Shaghaghi
Ashkan Kooshanejad
Hamed Behdad
Music by Ashkan Kooshanejad
Mahdyar Aghajani
Cinematography Turaj Aslani
Edited by Haydeh Safi-Yari
Production
company
Mij Film
Release dates
May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
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 Ex-aequo in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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

  • 23 December 2009: France[2]
  • 3 February 2010: Belgium
  • 26 March 2010: UK

Limited Release: Curzon Soho & Key Cities[3][full citation needed]

  • 16 April 2010: USA (New York City only)
    [citation needed]
  • 16 April 2010: Italy
  • 15 July 2010: Israel[4]

Reception

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.[5]

References

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  2. http://www.festival-cannes.fr/fr/article/56923.html
  3. List of release dates and venues of No One Knows About Persian Cats on www.brightwide.com [1]
  4. List of upcoming movie releases in Israel, updated regularly by movie publishers and film journalists (Hebrew). [2]
  5. http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/245863 - Austrian radio station Ö1
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