No One Knows About Persian Cats

– Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the vis..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 46 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Original Name:
Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh
No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009) - Also known as Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh

Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.

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Release Date:

23 Dec 2009

Language:

Persian

Director:

Bahman Ghobadi

Writer:

Bahman Ghobadi (screenplay), Hossein Mortezaeiyan (screenplay), Roxana Saberi (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani

Plot:

Negar and Ashkan, two young Iranian songwriters, decide to set up an underground band and look for other musicians to join them, but the authorities keep putting a spanner in the works. Fed up with being hindered from expressing themselves, the two young people try to get documents to leave the country for Europe.

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations.

Production:

IFC Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
Metacritic:
71%