| Thirteen Cats on the Hot Gabled Roof | |
| Director: | Ali Abdolali Zadeh |
| Producer: | Yousef Samadzadeh |
| Screenplay: | Farzana Shabina, Ali Abdullah Zadeh, Majid Farmland |
| Story: | Farzana Shabina, Ali Abdullah Zadeh, Majid Farmhand |
| Starring: | Mohammad Reza Golzar Mohammad Reza Sharifinia Mahnaz Afshar Merila Zarei Hesam Navab Safavi Sirus Gorjestani Mahmoud Bahrami Mahmoud Jafari Nima Fallah Gohar Kheirandish |
| Music: | Karen Homayounfar |
| Cinematography: | Ali Allahyari |
| Editing: | Kamran Ghadakchian |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Country: | Iran |
| Language: | Persian |
| Budget: | ﷼1,000,000,000 (estimated)[1] |
Thirteen Cats on the Hot Gabled Roof (2004), also known as Sizdah gorbe roye shirvani, is a Persian film directed by Ali Abdolali Zadeh.[2] 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.[3]
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.
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.[4]
The film was also nominated for Best Visual Effects (Amirreza Motamedi) and Best Soundtrack (Karen Homayounfar) during the 8th Khane Cinema film competition.[5]