No One Knows About Persian Cats
| No One Knows About Persian Cats | |
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| Directed by | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Produced by | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Written by | Bahman Ghobadi Hossein Mortezaeiyan Roxana Saberi |
| Starring | Negar Shaghaghi Ashkan Kooshanejad Hamed Behdad |
| Music by | Ash Koosha Mahdyar Aghajani |
| Cinematography | Turaj Aslani |
| Editing by | Haydeh Safi-Yari |
| Studio | Mij Film |
| Release date(s) | May 14, 2009 |
| 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]
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Bands and musicians
- Take It Easy Hospital
- Rana Farhan
- Hichkas
- The Yellow Dogs Band
- Shervin Najafian
- Ash Koosha
- Mirza
- The Free Keys
- Mahdyar Aghajani
- Darkoob
- Hamed Seyed Javadi
- Nik Aein Band
[edit] International Cinema Release Dates
- 26 March 2010 - UK
Limited Release: Curzon Soho & Key Cities[2][Full citation needed]
- 16 April 2010 - USA
[citation needed] - 15 July 2010 - Israel[3]
[edit] Reception
[edit] 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.
- Cannes Film Festival:
- Special Jury Prize Ex-aequo in the Un Certain Regard section (won)
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival:
- FICC Jury Award (won)[citation needed]
- Jury Prize for Cinematography (won)[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: No One Knows About Persian Cats". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10865364/year/2009.html. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ List of release dates and venues of No One Knows About Persian Cats on www.brightwide.com [1]
- ^ List of upcoming movie releases in Israel, updated regularly by movie publishers and film journalists (Hebrew). [2]
- Jeffery, Simon (29 October 2009). "Banned but not on the run at the London film festival". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/oct/28/london-film-festival-iran. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
[edit] External links
- Underground Musicians Fight The Man In Tehran, NPR Movie Review by Mark Jenkins, 2010-04-15, accessed 2010-05-07.
- No One Knows About Persian Cats at the Internet Movie Database
- In-depth review of the film and its soundtrack
- Behind the scene of No One Knows About Persian Cats[dead link]
- No One Knows About Persian Cats Soundtrack
- This is music from a brave and extraordinary musical movement, BBC review
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