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Half Moon
2006
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the .. Read more
| Starring | Golshifteh Farahani, Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni |
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| Director | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Half Moon
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon.
Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. A majestic landscape and a sense of premonition pervade a journey informed by experiences of oppression, adventure and the transcendent power of music, and set against the backdrop of Saddam Hussein's fall from power.
| Starring | Golshifteh Farahani, Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi, Sadiq Behzadpoor, Ali Ashraf Rezai, Reza Haj Khosravi, Mohamad Nahid, Bahram Zarei, Hedieh Tehrani, Hassan Poorshirazi |
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| Director | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Studio | ICA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Kurdish, Farsi |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2006 To Rent: DVD: 25 Aug 2008 |
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There was a haunting, lyrical approach to war in âTurtles Can Flyâ, this Kurdish Iranian directorâs last film,... read more on Time Out
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A musician's bus and a celestial voice.
This is a road movie set on the borders of Iran & Iraq. Saddam has gone and the new Iraqi government has given permission for a famous Kurdish musician to ... read more »
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Funny film
What you have to know about middle eastern films is that most do not have an ending, it kind of stops in the middle of nowhere and then you have to make your ... read more »
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Half moon ? Half baked !
Highly rated in some artsy fartsy magazine , this film promised a rich slice of life from a culture we in the West know little about.
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A musician's bus and a celestial voice.
This is a road movie set on the borders of Iran & Iraq. Saddam has gone and the new Iraqi government has given permission for a famous Kurdish musician to ... read more »
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Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death ...
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