Fresh
An appealing cast of aspiring young musicians ostensibly play themselves in this naive, shapeless, but often fascinating 2009 drama.
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
No One Knows About Persian Cats
2009 · 1h 46m · N/A
Drama, Music
Directed by
Bahman Ghobadi
Overview
Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A vibrant, engaging portrait of a generation bursting with repressed creativity.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
No One Knows About Persian Cats ends on a sudden note of tragedy that almost ruins the exuberant spirit of everything that has preceded it.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
Ghobadi has emerged as a filmmaker whose gift for poetic realism was only equaled by an unerring sense of precisely when and how to break the viewer's heart.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
Over and over, the movie stops in its tracks to listen to musicians play, offering witness to their travails and ingenuity.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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