Half Moon (film)

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Half Moon
Directed by	Bahman Ghobadi
Produced by	Simon Field, Keith Griffiths, Abbass Ghazali, Bahman Ghobadi, Behrooz Hashemian, Hedye Tehrani
Written by	Bahman Ghobadi
Starring	Golshifteh Farahani, Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Hedye Tehrani
Distributed by	(USA)
Release date(s)	11 July 2007 (France)
Running time	114 min
Language	Kurdish/Persian
IMDb profile

Half Moon (Kurdish: Nîwe Mang/Nîvê Heyvê) is a 2006 film written and directed by the Iranian Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. Half Moon is a joint production of Iran, Austria, France and Iraq. This movie was commissioned by the New Crowned Hope festival, a celebration of the 250th birthday of Amadeus Mozart, and the story plot has been inspired in part by the Requiem.

1 Plot
2 Critical reception
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Mamo, an old Kurdish musician in the twilight of his life, plans to perform one final concert a cry of freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan. The village's elderly warn him that as the moon becomes full something awful would happen to him and urge him not to proceed with his plan. After several months of trying to overcome the red-tape, he begins a long and dangerous journey along with his sons. Along the way, the group picks up female singer Hesho who resides in a village of 1,334 exiled women singers. This adds to the complications of the trip as women are not allowed to sing in Iran. Despite all these obstacles, Mamo is determined to continue with his journey across the border.

[edit] Critical reception

Critics gave the film generally favorable reviews. As of December 14, 2007, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 23 reviews.^[1] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 72 out of 100, based on 9 reviews.^[2]