No One Knows About Persian Cats Page #5

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


You've brought them from the other side of Tehran how can I say no now?

You know how busy I am!

I'm working here for four hours

-You know those I had from before.

-That's eleven hours.

-Well! And rest of the time I'm stuck in traffic.

-OK what can we do for them their starting a band?

I love these guys a lot

the same way you love those children.

Like that yellow kid, did you see him?

I loved him, and the way he was tilting his head while playing.

-You should how talented they are!

-They are angel all of them and also these two. This one and that one too!

-I want to help them getting started and send them away.

-I'll do whatever I can!

So you're in!

No! please I told...

Khosro? What about Khosro?

Have you heard about Khosro?

-Yes I want Khosro!

-What does he play?

Yes Khosro the bald guy

he plays the drums.

-But we have a drummer now.

-That one cancel and David maybe couldn't, anything can happen.

David might not be able?

Are you kidding me we are leaving in 7-8 days!

I didn't say David can't but who know.

There must be a plan B...

Khosro can help you with everything.

Plays the drums, writes, has a nice voice and plays guitar and bass...

-So how can we find him?

-Last time one of the guys saw him in the metro.

-What does he do there?

-Begging!

-You're kidding?

-I swear!

Begging?

On the metro?

Yes yes yes!

He's singing with sunglasses on and...

Who am I?

A vagabond!

One lost in the outskirts

The most neglected of all

in the soundless town of all

From where?

South of the town

Where the breath's in a one-way road

Where dreams and hopes

get caught and trapped in cages

In middle of a crossing

tired and no where to go

in the crossroad that is one-way from all sides

in the middle of a crossroad

tired and no where to go

in the crossroad that is one-way from all sides

Who am I?

A barefoot man

full of question with no answers

a hundred roads on the wall

that drew in my dreams

-Let me see now what you've done

-I just wrote something, start playing let's see if...

I've made a brief with three cords.

OK is all set

Go back again

take that one back again.

Don't open it!

Let me first see who it is.

Open up it's Kouri!

Hi!

Hi! How are you Kouri?

Look at this place!

-No you played it wrong.

Should I play it the other way?

-Yes you should hit the double Hi-Hat now.

-Yes right sorry.

Ashkan we can count a lot on Babak

and if we tell him to get us Ehsans Studio it'd be really

If he can do it it's great

but I don't think he can. It's always busy there.

-Do you know how much they take?

-No but we can ask him.

-Do you have permit for this?

-Of course not, you can't get one for this.

Why's that? What's the issue

cause your work should...

Well we thought so too

but I don't know why they've got problems with it.

We even try to respect two things.

One; that it doesn't go against society norms

and the other one is that it's not political.

But it's not out of fear!

We really believe in this.

Well Ehsan's going to play

and you'll hear it yourself.

Do you got any tracks with

brass or harmonica sounds?

Yes!

-I informed you about Ashkans situation right?

-Yes.

-So you're in and want to work with this?

-Yes I am all the way!

But you know it needs planning

and no backing off in the middle of things.

Look Ehsan! Don't even doubt it.

I assure you we're working wholeheartedly with this.

We also want to have tracks with

wind and brass instruments with effects in the background.

Sure!

-What do you have in your tracks?

-I have diatonic, chromatic...

OK guys!

Let's get it going and see how it is.

And then if we want to get a permit

we have to have a couple of female back vocalists.

-They don't ever give permit to a solo singing female.

-I've heard about that.

We must have three four females

to accompany the female singer.

Otherwise they don't permit it.

By the way I'm afraid we might have to

wait a couple of years for the guidance ministry like all the others.

That's awful

You see there's several ways.

Either you are a solo female singer or...

Pull over now!

-What do they want?

-What should I do?

I don't know what they want?

I don't know...

Open the window

Yes?

I said open it!

Yes please?

-I said open it!!!

-What's wrong Sir?

-Sir kindly tell her to open it so I can see what's in the car!

-All right All right!

Well hurry up then.

OK OK! What's wrong?

What's that you've go there?

It's a dog what' the problem?

I know it's a dog

but don't you know dogs are prohibited on the roads?

-Yes but why?

-It's an untouchable thing so why've you taken it with you?

This dog's not one of those dogs

it's clean and vaccinated against!

-It's ID:
d and everything.

-Hand it over so I can see it!

-Hurry up Sir and give it to me.

-All right just let us do it first!

Let's see

well lift it up.

Stop that!!!

Sir!!!

Ashkan what should I do

his cell phone is turned of.

-What? Really?

-Yes it's two days now that it's off!

-Did'nt you give the installment?

-Of course, I paid it yesterday.

-So what should we do?

-I paid the money yesterday.

Listen he's playing around with us

Why don't you get that?

We are in the middle of this now Ashkan

and we'll be finished if it doesn't work out.

What are we going to do now

all this money we've spent and even paid for the studio.

What has happened so far?

Where's the passports and visas he said he'd get us?

Ashkan!

Negar! Don't worry he's an honest guy.

Ya right!

You say it's OK all the time

You're just like him always saying everything will be work out.

From one day to another it's different answers.

"Mony on time! Mash David on time! Don't worry!

No problem!"

Saying this with his fake English speaking show offs

really he is "ridiculous"...

WHAT?

What did you say?

No! no mister Nader!

You "gossipment" behind my back!

Do I speak bad English?

Or you with your wacky accent?

I'm not from Ney York

still they can't speak as well as I do!

So what that I speak English?

Yesterday I was searching for a female singer for you all day.

Now IF I couldn't get you a permit

for a concert or a cassette...

What???

I said IF!!!

I'll get you a concert in house that'll help with travel money.

Tonight I'm taking to one of these house concerts.

It's two sisters and I want to show you how they're making money in this country.

David managed to get Hamed across.

Hamed the guy playing guitar.

Open up it's me.

Did you get in trough the roof?

Did anybody see you?

No everyone is asleep.

-Are you sure?

Yes I'm telling their asleep!

-I don't want your dad to get here like the last time!

-No I said they were asleep!!!

Allright then get in now.

Are you all right?

No how can I be all right?

I really have a bad feeling over this.

I don't think it'll work out in the end.

I say let's forget the album, we shouldn't put our hopes for it this much.

Come here and sit beside me.

Come closer.

Get over here now!

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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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