No One Knows About Persian Cats Page #4

Synopsis: Negar and Ashkan, two young Iranian songwriters, decide to set up an underground band and look for other musicians to join them, but the authorities keep putting a spanner in the works. Fed up with being hindered from expressing themselves, the two young people try to get documents to leave the country for Europe.
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Bahman Ghobadi
Production: IFC Films
  7 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
Year:
2009
106 min
Website
82 Views


Just friends!

No we are not his customers.

No! Not at all!

-From the police station.

-What? He's arrested?

What do I know?

Seems like...

-Don't worry about him.

-He'll handle it like always.

Hello sir!

Where's branch 36?

Turn right over there

and go up one floor.

Thank you very much!

I swear to God those movies are Haram

are they not?

There's just a couple of scenes

that children should not see.

-Are you mocking me?

God forbid, if I'm doing that!

You say 1800 movies are yours???

Haji sir! It's for private use only. God forbid if I'm lying!

I swear to God and on my mothers life

that I'm not lying.

And if you put them on you'll see

that one after the other is broken and the pixels get distorted.

God's my witness that I've handed them in to fix them

and I've even washed them like dishes in the kitchen.

-Your making it worse with these...

-I eat sh*t If I'm lying!

You're hiding the truth

and it's no help for you.

OK ok! I'll tell you the truth!

On the Qur'an, please help me.

OK These movies are mine

I love movies and music and such things.

But there are no bad or haram scenes

among these movies you have the prophets movie as well.

You have Omar Mokhtar and other Muslim movies

like movies of Jesus, Moses, Noah, Jonas all these.

American but good movies and because of American sanctions

I'm watching their movies as a defiance.

I've got all the good movies from the Europeans

with their good actors.

I swear on Imam Hussein

just watch one or two of these movies.

OK let's leave those aside.

What about the alcohol? You drink as well!!!

Me drinking? God forbid!!!

ME? I swear on the Qur'an I don't drink.

I drink less alcohol than a dog.

How could I drink alcohol.

You think I could drink this?

I swear it's not mine.

What is this? WHAT?

It's sealed! I haven't drunk it look!!!

Shut your mouth!

So whose' is it then?

How can I convince you I haven't been drinking?

I swear on Abbas it's not mine!

-OK 80 lashes...

-Have mercy! For Imam Hussains sake don't write 80 lashes!

I'll tell you the truth!

I swear on my mothers life I've never tasted alcohol and wont do it either!

I swear on the Qur'an that I have an Armenian friend

it's a guy and not even a girl, Sir Haji.

I've been invited to him several times

he's shown me such great hospitality every time!

Today he was coming over and I wanted to make it up to him.

But I swear I will never do it again and I swear on the Qur'an that's the truth!

-Stop swearing on the Qur'an!!!

-I swear on my mothers life!!!

OK!

I fine you 1.5 million for your penalty and 75 lashes.

WHAT?

OK I copy CD's SO WHAT?

Don't you pity me at all?

I'm not even worth those two Million Toman!

Listen!!! What the hell are these anyway, take them!

The house that I live in and everything in it aren't worth 2000

yet you want to fine me 1.5 million Toman, where am I supposed to get that?

A dog is worth more than I am here

I'm garbage and you want to fine me 1.5 million?

Here take them all it's yours!

Go and have a look they're nothing

Yes I copy CD's and I have to do it to get by!!!

Otherwise let me work for you, get you water and clean your table!!!

OK! because of what you say I decrease the fine to 150 000 Toman.

But if you say one more word I'll fine you the first verdict!

-You don't have a previous record and this is your first time...

-What about the lashes Sir?

-I pardon that too.

-Let me kiss your feet Sir

-Get out of here now!

Let me kiss your hands! Please let me kiss your hands!

-I'm your servant Sir

-Bring me the next one!!!

Haji Sir!

Please can I recommend you to just watch those movies from an other angle?

Watch them from a spiritual aspect

and be aware of the art and innovation, and if you like it...

I'll watch them and tell you

Now get the hell out of here!!!

Good by Haji Sir!

-Come on he pardoned you

-What kind of pardon? wanted to give me a fat fine so I had cry myself out of it!

Sorry I'm late darling.

-You could go for an installment

-Yes the way I cried I could end up be rewarded by him.

-Are'nt you afraid they get here and catch you?

-For what? We're not committing a crime.

We're playing our music

and we're not harming anyone.

-But if they arrest you they'll lock you away for a couple of months.

-It's safe here don't worry about it at all.

-Won't the sound disturb your neighbors?

-No it's isolated there and these walls he too.

Some noise goes out back but that's OK.

Just watch out when entering and leaving cause of the neighbors.

-Do you want to have a concert here?

-Yes but how's that possible?

Of course I can arrange it.

I'll squeeze in 400 people here

-150 there and 150 here and...

-Can't get 400 here!

I make two floors and squeeze them in

girls and guys...but of course separated as with Islamic norms, you like that?

Sure if you can do that it's great.

What do you think?

-But we'd like to have a bigger concert.

-Negar darling! I'll fix that for you.

I have the connections and can get the hall for it

with permits and everything.

If you perform for 200 or 400 people here

you can test it do the same for 2000 later.

-It's really good for you don't you agree?

Sure if it's possible it's really good.

-Could you do this for Ashkan?

-I'll help you out for the concert

-But to play with you will be a little difficult

I think Arash can do it though.

-Ya I can do it and I like Indie.

-Seriously? Nice!

There's just the one problem

and that's my compulsory military service.

No problem! I'll handle that for you.

I'm getting Ashkans passport now. I'm fixing it!

-How much will cost me?

-Don't worry about it, we'll make concert and you can charge people...

-5-6 millions but don't worry.

-5-6 millions...

Don't worry at all!

You just focus on your thing and I'll handle the rest.

Pouya about giving us the keys

are you sure it won't get you into trouble?

No! Just when you get here at nights

make sure you're very quite so no one sees you.

-And when you're playing keep it a little lower.

-How do you intend to get the crowd in?

-We invite them ourselves.

One of us will be outside and get a group of three or four inside in intervals.

-You give out the address?

-No.

-They just come and go?

-Yes!

Ok I'll handle that!

I'll handle the crowd.

And don't worry about your military service!

I'll fix it for you like I'm fixing Ashkans things right now.

He's great but most importantly he's a great humanitarian.

First class musician you get it!

Play the guitar children!

Imagine you are playing yourselves!

Ok kids!

An applause for yourself!

OK! Listen up children!

Practice this song for 15 minutes at home.

Then you rest for two hours

and train this song for another 15 minutes.

Today I'll leave a little earlier cause I have guests

and I have an errand and have to leave.

Mehrad!

Come here please!

Play a 4/4 rhythm and work with them.

Kids! See you tomorrow and don't forget to practice!

You know I'm shy and can't say it in front of the guys.

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Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi (Persian: بهمن قبادی‎; Kurdish: به‌همه‌ن قوبادی / Behmen Qubadî) is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province. Ghobadi belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema. more…

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