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By Marta K (182) on 22 Apr 2010

The almost two hours of a capturing story intertwined with amazing music of all possible types passed like a moment…

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By Jasminka G (36) on 22 Apr 2010

Ghobadi's films aren't as rigorously controlled or formalised as those of his countrymen Kiarostami or Makhmalbaf, but they have great spirit…

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By Anne B (234) on 19 Apr 2010

Bahman Ghobadi is a genius! Q&A at last night's screening was a real treat. The film is coming soon to a theatre near you…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Moving Pictures Magazine (113) on 18 Apr 2010

Unassuming yet powerful, the film shows that Iranian indie rock is more authentically alt than any underground scene in the Western world…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 15 Apr 2010

A tribute to the courage and creativity of Tehran's underground indie-bands and their rebellion against a law forbidding them to play rock music…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 15 Apr 2010

Genuinely poignant, compelling and unflinchingly honest with just the right balance of dramatic tension and comic relief…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 15 Apr 2010

It strikes me as something of an Iranian version of The Harder They Come, with a bit of a political jab…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 15 Apr 2010

The film is careful to avoid explicit political statement, but its reticence makes its critique of the Iranian regime all the more devastating…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 15 Apr 2010

The subject may be serious, but Ghobadi's approach is mostly light and humorous, at least until the final scenes…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 15 Apr 2010

Bahman Ghobadi's documentary-style drama has an undeniably important message and provides a glimpse of Iran's underground music scene that's…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 13 Apr 2010

Director Bahman Ghobadi (Turtles Can Fly) shot his faux documentary in secret, and the close-to-the-ground style compensates for the tenuous…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 13 Apr 2010

Persian Cats is likeable but undistinguished filmmaking…

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By Andrew Schenker (354) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 11 Apr 2010

The film establishes a verité intimacy that is often little interested in acknowledging the rigidity of the documentary/fiction divide…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 07 Apr 2010

A fine, optimistic companion piece for the Irish film Once, which won Glen Hansard the best song Oscar in 2008…

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By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 06 Apr 2010

In this entertaining mix of documentary and narrative film, Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi turns his camera on the Iranian underground…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 26 Mar 2010

This film may be regarded as a minor work in Ghobadi's career, yet I get the feeling that it is what is personally most important to him…

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By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 25 Mar 2010

As rock musicals go, it's exceptionally hard on the ears. I haven't heard singing this bad since Pete Doherty was in his prime…

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By Lucy Hurst (1) for Electric Sheep (203) on 25 Mar 2010

Bahman Ghobadi's exploration into the world of underground music in Tehran is a welcome antidote to the blasé, pedestrian, apathetic state…

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By Alex Ritman (1) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 25 Mar 2010

Bahman Ghobadi's fifth full-length feature unveils Tehran's underground music scene, revealing a pulsating world of rappers, indie kids and…

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By Philip Kemp (186) for Total Film (3,532) on 25 Mar 2010

The mid-section drags slightly, but the cumulative effect is powerful, revealing what it's like to live in a society where even well-behaved…

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