Half Moon
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bahman Ghobadi
Ismail Ghaffari
Allah Morad Rashtiani
Hassan Poorshirazi
Sadiq Behzadpoor
Golshifteh Farahani
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mamo, an old, renowned musician, has been granted permission to give a concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. His faithful friend Kako will drive a school bus and help collect Mamo's ten musical sons from all over Iranian Kurdistan. The old Kurdish musician has waited 35 years for the chance to perform again in Iraqi Kurdistan and ignores his son's premonition that something awful awaits him before the next full moon. On the other hand, he also has to persuade Hesho, a singer who lives in a mountain retreat with 1,334 other exiled female singers, to go with them. Given that women are forbidden to sing in front of men in public in Iran, Hesho must be carefully concealed in the bus. The journey of Mamo and his musical group is not without difficulties, but Mamo's persistence guides everyone towards adventure, emotion and magic.
Director
Bahman Ghobadi
Cast
Ismail Ghaffari
Allah Morad Rashtiani
Hassan Poorshirazi
Sadiq Behzadpoor
Golshifteh Farahani
Hedieh Tehrani
Crew
Hossein Alizadeh
Bahman Ardalan
Nigel Bluck
Crighton Bone
Simon Field
Bahman Ghobadi
Bahman Ghobadi
Bahman Ghobadi
Keith Griffiths
Behrooz Hashemian
Hayedeh Safiyari
Mansooreh Yazdanjoo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-Winner of the Golden Shell for Best Film and winner of the Jury Prize for Best Cinematography and FIPRESCI awards at the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States December 28, 2007
Released in United States October 2006
Released in United States on Video March 4, 2008
Released in United States September 2006
Released in United States Winter December 14, 2007
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema) October 12-20, 2006.
Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Official Selection) September 21-30, 2006.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Mozart's Visionary Cinema: New Crowned Hope) September 7-16, 2006.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 25-May 6, 2007.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 25-May 6, 2007.)
Released in United States on Video March 4, 2008
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Official Selection) September 21-30, 2006.)
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Mozart's Visionary Cinema: New Crowned Hope) September 7-16, 2006.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema) October 12-20, 2006.)
Released in United States Winter December 14, 2007 (NY)
Released in United States December 28, 2007 (Los Angeles)
