Synopse
A familiar story, though highly improbable in Iran: young people get together and form a band. Rock music is illegal in Iran, as is the spirit that comes with it. A complicated censoring system has driven the scene underground. And in"No One Knows About Persian Cats" the group of young musicians intends to flee to Europe. The music film, set in the moloch of Teheran, won the Special Jury Prize in Cannes, where it ran in the section "Un Certain Regard". The director has not returned to Iran since the festival. The scriptwas co-written by US journalist Roxana Saberi.
Regie
Bahman Ghobadi, born in 1969, director of films such as"A Time for Drunken Horses"(2000), "Marooned in Iraq" (2002), "Turtles Can Fly" (2004) and "Half Moon" (2006).
Info
Original Title: Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh
International Title: No One Knows About Persian Cats
Category: Feature
Section: Agenda 09
Version & Subtitles: Farsi OV
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Screenplay: Bahman Ghobadi, Hossein Abkenar
Cast/Protagonists: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koushanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani
Production country: Iran
Year of Production: 2009
Length: 106 min
Producer: Bahman Ghobadi
Production company: Mij-Film
Cinematography: Touraj Aslani
Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
World Sales: Esther Devos, Wild Bunch International (bis 2022)







