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No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh (original title)

106 min  -  Drama | Music   -  23 December 2009 (France)
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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.

Director:

Bahman Ghobadi

Writers:

Bahman Ghobadi (screenplay), Hossein Mortezaeiyan (screenplay), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad and Hamed Behdad
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Cast

Credited cast:
Negar Shaghaghi Negar Shaghaghi ...
Negar
Ashkan Koshanejad Ashkan Koshanejad ...
Ashkan
Hamed Behdad Hamed Behdad ...
Nader
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abrang Abrang ...
Themselves
Bahman Ardalan Bahman Ardalan ...
Himself - the sound engineer
Hichkas Hichkas ...
Himself
Pouya Hosseini Pouya Hosseini
Hamed Seyyed Javadi Hamed Seyyed Javadi ...
Himself
Tabar Mehdi Tabar Mehdi
Kosh Mirzahi Kosh Mirzahi
Babak Mirzakhani Babak Mirzakhani
Nikaien Nikaien ...
Themselves
Ali Rahmani Ali Rahmani
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Storyline

After being released from jail, 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... Written by Guy Bellinger  

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Plot Keywords:

Band | Musician | Visa | Guitar | Traditional  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | Music

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Official Sites:

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Country:

Iran

Language:

Persian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Af Ehad Lo Shama Al Hatulim Parsiim See more »

Filming Locations:

Tehran, Iran

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$8,843 (USA) (18 April 2010) (2 Screens)

Gross:

$79,848 (USA) (13 June 2010)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Mij Film Co., Mitosfilm See more »
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Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The film was shot in 17 days, including night work. The two lead actors fled Iran after the last shooting day. During filming, Ghobadi and his actors were arrested twice but released after giving presents to the authorities and lying about the real subject of the film. See more »

Soundtracks

"Me and You"
Performed by Take It Easy Hospital See more »