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Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh = No one knows about Persian cats / a film by Bahman Ghobadi ; written by Bahman Ghobadi, Hossein M. Abkenar, Roxana Saberi ; a Mijfilm production.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 016 299
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Rock musicians--Iran--Drama.
- Rock musicians.
- Freedom of expression--Iran--Drama.
- Freedom of expression.
- Women singers--Iran--Drama.
- Women singers.
- Subculture--Iran--Drama.
- Subculture.
- Iran.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Films for hard of hearing people.
- Films for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- No one knows about Persian cats
- Place of Publication:
- Iran : Wild Bunch : Network Releasing, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In Farsi, with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, PAL, region 2.
- digital
- optical
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- region 2
- Summary:
- Based on real events , the film follows two young musicians, Askan and Negar. The couple have recently served prison terms for breaching the ban on "Western and decadent music." For Negar, as a female musician, unauthorized public performances can carry savage penalties. Their search for paperwork that wil permit them to leave for Europe takes them into Tehran and a vibrant underground culture of rappers, rockers, electro-artists and singer-songwriters who risk arrest to perform Western songs overlaid with their own politicized lyrics.
- Participant:
- Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koushanejad, Hamed Behdad.
- Bands: Mirza; Hichkas; Yellow Dogs; Nikaein; Shervin Najafian; Raana Farhan; Abrang; Free Keys; Maksa Vahdat, Marjan Vahdat; Darkub; Hamed Seyed Javadi; Mahdyar Aghajani, Bahman Ghobadi
- Credits:
- Editor, Hayedeh Safiyari; cinematographer, Touraj Aslani.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
- Special features: behind the scenes; interview with Ashkan and Negar; theatrical trailer; image gallery.
- OCLC:
- 664350283
- Publisher Number:
- 5027626332044
- 7953320 Network Releasing
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