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 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 |
| Editing | Hayedeh Safiyari | Editor |
| Sound | Hossein Alizadeh | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Simon Field | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hedie Tehrani | Line Producer |
| Art | Mansooreh Yazdanjoo | Production Design |
| Art | Bahman Ghobadi | Art Direction |
| Production | Abbas Ghazali | Line Producer |
| Production | Behrooz Hashemian | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Crighton Bone | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nigel Bluck | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bahman Ghobadi | Producer |
| Production | Keith Griffiths | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Behnam Behzadi | Co-Writer |
| Sound | Bahman Ardalan | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Mahmoud Ghaffari | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Mansour Shahbazi | Sound Assistant |
| Writing | Bahman Ghobadi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Amin Mahdavi | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Babak Ardalan | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Shabnam Hosseini | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Omid Nejadnik | Title Designer |
| Sound | Bahman Ardalan | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Jalal Saed Panah | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bahman Ardalan | Sound Editor |