No One Knows About Persian Cats

Network Releasing and Warner Music

Iran Heritage Foundation

No One Knows About Persian Cats, screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival 2009, explores the underground music scene in Tehran which, perhaps unexpectedly, turns out to be a hotbed of rappers, metal bands and indie rockers who sport Strokes T-shirts and line their rehearsal spaces with Joy Division posters.

The film is directed by Bahman Ghobadi and continues his long-term interest in a kind of political resistance offered by music. It tells the story of a young man and a young woman as they plan to launch a music group shortly after their release from prison. Both characters travel to Tehran, where they meet other underground rock musicians and attempt to convince them to leave Iran. However, without money or passports, their dreams to flee to Europe in order to play music freely seem improbable.

Iran 2009
106 Minutes
Certificate 12A

23 March 2010
Ritzy Brixton, Coldharbour Lane
7.30pm
Screening of No One Knows About Persian Cats
Followed by a live PA from Ash and Negar from Take it Easy Hospital
DJ Shahram Norz playing an eclectic mix of Persian music until midnight in Upstairs at the Ritzy
Price £9

31 March 2010
Lumière Cinema South Kensington
8pm
Screening of No One Knows About Persian Cats
Q&A with stars Ash and Negar followed by a live performance from Take it Easy Hospital
DJ Shahram Norz playing an eclectic mix of Persian music until late
Price: £12

No One Knows About Persian Cats (12A) opens on 26 March 2010. Opening venues include Curzon Soho, Ritzy Brixton, Showroom Sheffield, Watershed Bristol, Irish Film Institute, Lighthouse Dublin and Belmont Aberdeen.

Booking and Enquiries Ritzy Brixton
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Booking and Enquiries Lumière
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