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Thirteen Cats on the Hot Gabled Roof
Directed byAli Abdolali Zadeh
Screenplay byFarzana Shabina, Ali Abdullah Zadeh, Majid Farmland
Story byFarzana Shabina, Ali Abdullah Zadeh, Majid Farmhand
Produced byYousef Samadzadeh
StarringMohammad Reza Golzar, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Mahnaz Afshar, Merila Zarei, Hesam Navab Safavi, Syrous Gorjestani, Mahmoud Bahrami, Mahmoud Jafari, Nima Fallah, Gohar Kheirandish
CinematographyAli Allahyari
Edited byKamran Ghadakchian
Music byKaren Homayounfar
Release date
  • 15 September 2004 (2004-09-15)
Running time
90 Minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Budget﷼1,000,000,000 (estimated)[1]

Thirteen Cats on the Hot Gabled Roof (2004), also known as Sizdah gorbe roye shirvani, is a Persian Film directed by Ali Abdolalizadeh.[2] It was written by Ali Abdolali Zadeh, Farzaneh Shabani and Majid Farazmand and produced by Yousef Samadzadeh. The film won the Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) Award in the 22nd round of the festival.[3][4]

Synopsis

On a planet called Samurai, an impotent king made a pact with the devil, where in return for his fertility he gives the devil permission to choose a husband for the first daughter he procreates. When she's grown the devil chooses a weak man for her to marry. The king is then cursed to become a cat, along with all his daughters except the youngest named Oudeka. In a quest for power and with a hunger to repossess her kingdom, Oudeka flees to Earth to escape him. Several years later, she sends an agent named Ramu to Planet Samurai to find her oldest sister and her fiance in order to defeat their enemy.[3]

Festivals

The film received an award for The Best Visual Effects in Iran's 22nd Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF). Yousef Samadzadeh, the film's visual effects artist, also received an honors award in the festival.[4]

The film was also nominated for Best Visual Effects (Amirreza Motamedi) and Best Soundtrack (Karen Homayounfar) during the 8th Khane Cinema film competition.[5]

List of the staff (2004)

Directors

  • Director: Ali Abdolali Zadeh
  • Assistant Directors: Hassan Laffafian, Reza Shahriary
  • Manager: Hassan Laffafian
  • Script Supervisors: Fatemeh Nasseri, Hengameh Farazmand

Cast[2]

Production team

  • Producer and Production Manager: Yousef Samadzadeh
  • Project Executor: Hamidreza Samadzadeh
  • Production Manager substitute: Davoud Nazemi

Cinematography Team

  • Filming Manager: Ali Allahyari
  • Lighting: Shahram Najjarian
  • Camera Assistants: Ali Kangarlou, Jalal Alifekr, Kaveh Haaj Ramezani
  • Editor: Kamran Ghadakchian
  • Scene and Costume Designer: Siamak Ehsaei
  • Costume Designer: Fereshteh Reshad
  • Makeup Artist: Jalaluddin Moayerian

Music

  • Music Composer: Karen Homayounfar
  • Drums: Arash Farazmand †
  • Guitars: Pouya Hosseini
  • Bass: Soheil Soheili

Sound

References

  1. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8465094/
  2. ^ a b "30th Festival Announces the Selection Committee Members". International Film Festival For Children and Youth. International Film Festival For Children and Youth. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Pournasiri, Hamidreza (10 January 2004). "City under the Cats' Power". www.hamidreza.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Iran: 22nd International Fajr Film Festival ends in Tehran". Peyvand. Peyvand. 2 October 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. ^ "22nd Int'l Fajr Film Festival's Award Winners Announced". Mehr News Agency. Mehr News Agency. 13 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links

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