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No One Knows About Persian Cats

2009 · 106 min · Director: Bahman Ghobadi ★ IMDb 7.1 · 7,713 ratings

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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.

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No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Sadness 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Sadness, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Sadness and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope27 %17 %10 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Hope36 %28 %16 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Hope45 %39 %21 %41 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Hope46 %38 %24 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor44 %29 %21 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Hope44 %30 %15 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Empathy46 %39 %20 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Empathy49 %43 %35 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension55 %43 %48 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Tension60 %43 %51 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Hope54 %41 %43 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Sadness52 %43 %41 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension57 %44 %45 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Hope54 %43 %30 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Empathy55 %48 %16 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness61 %50 %26 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension65 %49 %52 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension70 %53 %70 %25 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 103′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

NS
Negar Shaghaghi

AK
Ashkan Koshanejad

HB
Hamed Behdad

BM
Babak Mirzakhani

Mirza Band Member

KM
Kosh Mirzahi

Yellow Dogs Band Member

BG
Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman

Details

Directed by
Bahman Ghobadi
Written by
Bahman Ghobadi, Hossein Mortezaeiyan, Roxana Saberi
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
106 min
Country
Iran
Genres
Drama, Music
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 7,713 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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