Fiction

KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH

NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSION CATS
Bahman Ghobadi
Iran 2009
100 min
V'09

No One Knows About Persian Cats is a rendering of the true, tragic tale of two young musicians, Negar and Ashkan, who attempt to put together a rock/heavy metal band after being released from prison in Tehran. They had committed the crime of playing western music in an inflexible, dogmatic Islamic society. Now, they seek passports and visas for themselves and the band mates they hope to find in order to emigrate to a country with freer artistic expression. The documents are expensive, with Ghobadi making the point that there's a crass materialistic culture existing beside the country's religious one. Shot in a mere 17 days Ghobadi ventures brilliantly into new territory, the urban jungle, highlighting Tehran's underground community of rock and heavy metal musicians who borrow melodies from the West but sing their own politicised lyrics. (Howard Feinstein)

Credits
  • Shaghaghi - Negar
  • Koshanejad - Askan
  • Hamed Behdad - Nader
  • Bahman Ghobadi
  • Hossein M. Abkenar
  • Turaj Aslani
  • Nezamodin Kiaie
  • Hayedeh Safiyari
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