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No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
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No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
Original name: کسی از گربه‌های ایرانی خبر نداره
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, sentimental, sincere, humorous, captivating, melancholic, political, art house ...
Plot: music band, follow your dream, ambition, artists and showbiz, state affairs, youth, teenage life, musician's life, hopes, against the rules, music, musician, friendship, hip hop, music festival, iranian, existential crisis, coming of age, islam, authoritarianism, rock, rebellion, couples, society, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: iran, tehran iran, middle east, london, persia
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The Wind Journeys (2009)
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