Fresh
This is a road movie unlike any other...
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Half Moon Arabic
A passion able to cross borders.
2006 · 1h 48m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Music
Directed by
Bahman Ghobadi
Overview
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 and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Tomatometer
Fresh
There's something Styxian about the road travelled here that's reinforced with imagery of death that elevates Ghobadi's tale above the everyday.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
For his poetic fourth feature, Half Moon, Bahman Ghobadi returns to the desolation of the Kurdish borderlands and the enduring optimism of his people.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
Writer-director Bahman Ghobadi's picturesque road trip is less about preserving a musical heritage than accepting one's fate, a mythic trek that's both heartrending and boisterous -- often as hauntingly absurdist as a Kusturica carnival.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Fresh
The Kurds may not yet have a country, but as long as Bahman Ghobadi keeps making movies they have a national cinema.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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