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.

Director: Bahman Ghobadi

Screenplay: Bahman Ghobadi, Hossein Abkenar

Cast: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koushanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani

Producer: Bahman Ghobadi

Orig. Titel: Kasi Az Gorbehayeh Irani Khabar Nadareh
Section: Agenda 09
Original language: Farsi
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
DoP: Touraj Aslani
Editor: Hayedeh Safiyari
Format: HDCam

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Production Company: Mij-Film, Mitosfilm