Film

Half Moon

2006 · 1h 48m · Music · Drama · Comedy

A passion able to cross borders.

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

72

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.

Golshifteh Farahani

Niwemang

Hedie Tehrani

Hesho

Ismail Ghaffari

Mamo

Farzin Sabooni

Hassan Pourshirazi

Officer

Kambiz Arshi

Mohamad Nahid

Sadiq Behzadpoor

Ali Ashraf Rezai

Reza Haj Khosravi

Bahram Zarei

AllahMorad Rashtiani

kako

Faegh Mohamadi

Faegh [Bus Owner]

• Bahman GhobadiDirector · Producer · Screenplay
• Keith GriffithsExecutive Producer
• Simon FieldExecutive Producer
• Nigel BluckDirector of Photography
• Hossein AlizadehOriginal Music Composer
• Hayedeh SafiyariEditor

Half Moon - trailer - IFFR 2007

Release date

August 21, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

Kurdish

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Music, Drama, Comedy