Thirteen Cats on the Hot Gabled Roof (2004), also known as Sizdah gorbe roye shirvani, is a Persian film directed by Ali Abdolali Zadeh. It was written by Ali Abdolali Zadeh, Farzaneh Shabani, and Majid Farazmand, and produced by Yousef Samadzadeh. The film won the 22nd Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) Award.
Synopsis On a planet called Samurai, an important King makes a pact with the Devil. In return for his fertility, the King gives the Devil permission to choose a husband for his first-born daughter. When the King's daughter grows up, the Devil chooses a weak man as her husband. The King, along with all his daughters, is then cursed to become a cat, except for his youngest, Oudeka. In a quest for power and with a desire to reclaim her kingdom, Oudeka flees to Earth, escaping from the Devil. Several years later, Oudeka sends an agent named Ramu to planet Samurai to find her oldest sister and her fiancé to defeat their enemy.
Awards The film received an award for Best Visual Effects in Iran's 22nd Fair International Film Festival (FIFF). Yousef Samadzadeh, the film's visual effects artist, also received an honors award at the festival.
The film was also nominated for Best Visual Effects (Amirreza Motamedi) and Best Soundtrack (Karen Homayounfar) during the 8th Khane Cinema film competition.
List of film set crew (2004) Directors Director: Ali Abdolali Zadeh Assistant Directors: Hassan Laffafian, Reza Shahriary Manager: Hassan Laffafian Script Supervisors: Fatemeh Nasseri, Hengameh Farazmand
Cast Source: Mohammad Reza Golzar as Ramo Mohammad Reza Sharifinia as Oudeka Mahnaz Afshar as Royka Merila Zarei as Gohar Hesam Navab Safavi as Jama Siroush Gorjestani as Gholam Abroo Mahmoud Bahrami and Nima Fallah as Gholam Abroo's Assistants Mahmoud Jafari as the Police officer Gohar Kheirandish as Granny
Production team Producer and Production Manager: Yousef Samadzadeh Project Executor: Hamidreza Samadzadeh Production Manager substitute: Davoud Nazemi
Film crew Filming Manager: Ali Allahyari Lighting: Shahram Najjarian Camera Assistants: Ali Kangarlou, Jalal Alifekr, Kaveh Haaj Ramezani Editor: Kamran Ghadakchian Art Director: Siamak Ehsaei Costume Designer: Fereshteh Reshad Makeup Artist: Jalaluddin Moayerian
Music Music Composer: Karen Homayounfar Drums: Arash Farazmand † Guitars: Pouya Hosseini Bass: Soheil Soheili
Sound Sound Editor: Sasan Bagherpour Foley Artist and Sound Designer: Ahmad Kalantari Writer: Francis E. Dec
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