10 April 2012
It isn’t much fun being in an indie band in Tehran, according to Kurdish-Iranian director Barman Ghobadi.
Paying Western-influenced music is illegal, so when promising musicians Negar and Ashcan secure a gig in London, they are denied visas and passports. At a price, a forger is found. Though rough and ready, Ghobadi’s film looks entirely authentic and, since it was made two years ago, one can only imagine how much worse things are now.
No One Knows About Persian Cats
Cert: 12A
