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  • 2007
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2007
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Mamo, the old renowned Kurdish musician, has begun a journey to Iraq to perform a music concert after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The Old of the village has predicted that Mamo should not go on the trip because as the full moon comes, something awful will happen to him. Mamo persists on continuing his journey because it's the first time ...

Directed By: Bahman Ghobadi

Written By: Behnam Behzadi, Bahman Ghobadi

  • 2007
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2007
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 48 m

Half Moon

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Mamo, the old renowned Kurdish musician, has begun a journey to Iraq to perform a music concert after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The Old of the village has predicted that Mamo should not go on the trip because as the full moon comes, something awful will happen to him. Mamo persists on continuing his journey because it's the first time ...

Directed By: Bahman Ghobadi

Written By: Behnam Behzadi, Bahman Ghobadi

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An unflinching and affecting depiction of the region’s tragic lunacies.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW
80
An eloquent and audacious lament.
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75
By terms moving and funny, the story reaches its apex when Half Moon, a beautiful young woman played by Golshifteh Farahani, makes her appearance from out of nowhere. Is she real, or perhaps an angel? You'll have fun trying to come up with an answer.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
This is a road movie unlike any other, the comical and mystical odyssey of old Mamo (an extraordinary performance by Ismail Ghaffari), a venerated musician who heads for Iraq from exile in Kurdish Iran with a busload of his musician sons to give a concert after Saddam's fall.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
70
In a boom time for movies about the scars of the battlefield, Half Moon reminds that the unending strife and religious fundamentalism of the Middle East kills not just people but culture too.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
70
Ghobadi always uses non-pro actors but you would never know. In fact, professionals wouldn't do theses roles justice since the recruited performers are partly playing themselves and partly playing people Ghobadi has known since he was a boy.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
70
The suspicion and contempt the band encounters along the way symbolize the Kurds' historical sufferings, but the movie has many comic moments courtesy of the eager bus driver, who keeps putting his foot in his mouth. The nonprofessional cast is highly persuasive under the sure hand of director Bahman Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses).
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Mij Film Co., New Crowned Hope, Silkroad Production
Release Date Dec 14, 2007
Duration 1 h 48 m
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Website http://www.mijfilm.com/
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Awards

San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Istanbul Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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