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.
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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
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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