Half Moon Arabic (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 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. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.
Director:
Bahman Ghobadi
Writer:
Bahman Ghobadi
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Golshifteh Farahani as Niwemang |
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Hedie Tehrani as Hesho |
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Ismail Ghaffari as Mamo |
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Farzin Sabooni as |
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Hassan Pourshirazi as Officer |
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Kambiz Arshi as |
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Mohamad Nahid as |
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Sadiq Behzadpoor as |
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Ali Ashraf Rezai as |
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Reza Haj Khosravi as |
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Bahram Zarei as |
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AllahMorad Rashtiani as kako |
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Faegh Mohamadi as Faegh [Bus Owner] |
| Directing | Bahman Ghobadi | Director |
| Production | Hedie Tehrani | Line Producer |
| Art | Bahman Ghobadi | Art Direction |
| Production | Keith Griffiths | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Hossein Alizadeh | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Mansooreh Yazdanjoo | Production Design |
| Camera | Nigel Bluck | Director of Photography |
| Production | Simon Field | Executive Producer |
| Production | Abbas Ghazali | Line Producer |
| Production | Behrooz Hashemian | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Behnam Behzadi | Co-Writer |
| Editing | Hayedeh Safiyari | Editor |
| Production | Bahman Ghobadi | Producer |
| Directing | Jalal Saed Panah | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Mansour Shahbazi | Sound Assistant |
| Writing | Bahman Ghobadi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Bahman Ardalan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Babak Ardalan | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Bahman Ardalan | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Shabnam Hosseini | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Amin Mahdavi | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bahman Ardalan | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Mahmoud Ghaffari | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Omid Nejadnik | Title Designer |
| Camera | Crighton Bone | Additional Photography |